New Delhi, April 30 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the party has consistently demanded a caste census, hoping that the central government will allocate the budget and release the report. The government on Wednesday decided to include caste enumeration in the population census.

Kharge said that the caste census has been a long-standing demand of the Congress.

"I hope they will allot the budget, start the caste and general census, and release the report. It's a long-standing demand of ours...They didn't do it. Two years back, I wrote a letter for the caste census and the purpose that it will serve," Kharge said.

Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi extended party support for the government's decision to condu...