Siliguri, May 3 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has demanded that the Centre draw a timeline to implement the recently approved caste census, which last occurred in 1931.

"We would like to say just one thing to the BJP-NDA: tell us the timeline - when it will begin, when it will end and when it will be implemented. Will this be done before the 2029 Parliament elections?" Owaisi told reporters here.

Highlighting the importance of the caste census, Owaisi talked about affirmative action for marginalised communities in the United States (US), including African-Americans, Jews, and Chinese, which allowed the US to grow powerful. He stated that the caste census was important in India for similar reaso...