New Delhi, April 30 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has termed the Centre's decision to conduct a caste census "a victory for the crores of people of India". He added that when Rahul Gandhi said caste census is the "X-ray of society," the BJP "ridiculed him."

"When our leader Shri Rahul Gandhi ji said, 'Caste census is the X-ray of society,' Then the people in the ruling party ridiculed him, ignored him and procrastinated," Ramesh said in a post on X in Hindi.

Ramesh said that Rahul Gandhi had demanded a caste census for a long time, raising the issue repeatedly in Parliament, in public meetings.

"But for how long could the voice of rights of crores of people be suppressed? Now the Modi government has agreed to conduct cast...