Mumbai, May 1 -- Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Thursday credited SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for continuously arguing for a caste census and urged the central government to conduct the census with "honesty."

"Due to the efforts of our leader, Akhilesh Yadav, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the government has accepted this. The census should start as soon as possible. But there should be no wrongdoings, and the correct stats shouldn't come forth. This should be conducted with complete honesty... If there is equal behaviour with every person in the country, I will believe the caste census was successful," Azmi told ANI.

Earlier today, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that th...