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NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday rejected Rahul Gandhi‘s statement regretting that he could not get the UPA regime to conduct a caste census in its 10 year-tenure at the Centre.“He makes it look like a confession but it actually is a camouflage, because the real problem is Congress leadership’s DNA. It started with Nehru ji…
On June 16, the Registrar General of India under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification that India’s population will be counted in 2027. Following demands by the Opposition parties, among other reasons, the government has also announced the inclusion of caste enumeration in the Census for the first time in independent India….
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday doubled down on his “surrender” jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the prime minister has a habit of “surrendering”. Speaking at a gathering in Bihar’s Nalanda, Rahul said, “My aim is caste census. In Lok Sabha, in front of Modi ji, I told him that…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The over 70-year-old Census Act will not require changes to allow enumerators carrying out census exercise to seek details of caste from the population, officials said. They said the 1948 law, which was last amended in 1994, authorises the central government to seek details from the populace as…
At The Hindu Huddle 2025, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy addresses the sensitive issue of SC sub-categorisation, explaining it as a move rooted in fairness and equity. In conversation with Ravikanth Reddy, Political Editor at The Hindu, he clarifies that this initiative aims to ensure benefits reach the most marginalized within the Scheduled Castes, without…
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala. | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah The BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are spreading venom in the name of caste and religion, causing divisions in society, Ramesh Chennithala, who is the AICC representative responsible for Maharashtra, said during the party’s ‘Samvidhan Bachao’ yatra at Parbhani. Mr. Chennithala said, “Rahul Gandhi raised…
Bengaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that the state will conduct a census of Scheduled Castes (SCs) from May 5 to 17, and will collect detailed population data of all SC sub-castes in the state. The state government has formed a single-member commission, headed by retired High Court judge Nagamohan Das, to…
File picture of Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi | Photo Credit: ANI Congress MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has welcomed the Centre’s recent announcement that caste enumeration will be included in the next census exercise in a transparent manner. The Congress leader, who is on a two-day visit to her constituency,…
Counting more: Patna: Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram beats drum with supporters as they celebrate the Centre’s decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census, in Patna, on May 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: The Union Cabinet has decided that the next Census will include questions on caste to…
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav in Patna. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and put forward several demands to be included in the caste enumeration including reservation in the…
