New Delhi, May 1 -- Union Minister Chirag Paswan alleged that the Congress party used the caste census as a political weapon to incite people's sentiments stating that if they wanted to do a caste-based census so badly, they should have done it earlier.

"Today, Rahul Gandhi wants to take credit for this, saying that this happened under my pressure. Your party's government remained in the centre for a long time. Leave the party aside, there have been three Prime Ministers from your family. If you wanted a caste-based census in the country so badly, then you should have got it done earlier. But you used it as a political weapon and only worked to incite people's sentiments," Paswan said, speaking to mediapersons here.

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