New Delhi, May 1 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday lauded the Central Government's decision to conduction a caste enumeration exercise along with the national census, highlighting how with this cabinet decision people saw the difference between "empty slogans and true intentions," in a jibe towards Congress' long standing demand for a caste census since they have been in the Opposition.

"Yesterday the people of India saw the difference between empty slogans and true intentions. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the decision was taken for conducting caste census for the good of society, this is a big step taken by the government. Friends, this this was not one-day decision, this decision was ta...