Lucknow, May 1 -- Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has welcomed the Union Cabinet's decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming population census, calling it a "step in the right direction," taken after a "long delay."

Taking to X, Mayawati said, "The decision taken by the Central Government today to conduct 'caste census' along with the national census in the country is a step in the right direction taken after a long delay. It is welcome. BSP has been demanding this for a long time."

Mayawati hoped that the governemt will implement this people's welfare decision.

"It is hoped that the government will definitely implement this decision of through census' on time," Mayawati said on Wednesday.

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