Lucknow, May 2 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday slammed both the BJP and Congress after the Centre decided to include caste data in the upcoming national census, and said these parties are only trying to win votes.

Mayawati said that for a long time, the Centre refused to conduct a caste census, but now that it has agreed to do so, both the BJP and the Congress are rushing to show themselves as supporters of OBCs.

In a post on X, Mayawati wrote, "After saying no for a long time, now the Centre has decided to conduct caste census along with national census and there is a race by BJP and Congress etc. to take credit for this and prove themselves OBC friendly, whereas due to their anti-Bahujan character this society ...