New Delhi, June 16 -- Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Monday said that complete "absence" of the term caste census in the government's gazette notification issued for 16th Census has raised questions over the mindset of the BJP on this subject.

Speaking to ANI, Shrinate recalled that the government had earlier promised that a caste census will conducted by them.

"Census is a decadal exercise and it has been delayed which is why people are not able to get the benefits of government schemes. This is a routine notification. There is no mention of the caste census here, a promise that the government said would be fulfilled on April 30," Shrinate said.

Asserting that BJP has always opposed the idea of caste-based reservations, Shrinate ...