Bengaluru, July 16 -- Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday reiterated the party's demand for a national caste census, following the meeting of the AICC OBC Advisory Council.

Gehlot stated that the growing inequality among marginalised communities, OBCs, SCs and STs, necessitates an economic survey to guide future policymaking.

Speaking to reporters, Gehlot said, "I have said yesterday also that Rahul Gandhi made an appeal to the countrymen and the government that you will have to conduct a caste census. It has been 70 years since independence. Now this discrimination is increasing a lot, and the gap is increasing between SC, ST, OBC, minorities, poor persons belonging to any community..."...