Murshidabad, May 4 -- Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday credited party leader Rahul Gandhi for the centre's decision to conduct caste census with general census, saying that the "ruling party had to bow down" in front of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha's firm stand.

"For the last several years, Rahul Gandhi was demanding caste census in the country but the BJP made fun of him... Today, if there is any fearless leader in the country, it is Rahul Gandhi because he remained firm on his stand and as a result the ruling party had to bow down," Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.

Chowdury further demanded that the caste census should be done in a "time-bound manner."

"Our demand is that this (caste based census) should be done...