Banka, April 30 -- After the Union Cabinet approved the inclusion of caste enumeration in the upcoming national census, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor welcomed the move but stressed that merely conducting a caste census would not improve the situation. He said the real change would come only if the government acts on the survey's findings to drive development.

"We have no issue with any such census or survey that gives a better understanding of society. But as we have seen in Bihar, merely conducting caste surveys will not improve the situation unless the government works on its outcomes," Kishor said while speaking to reporters.

Earlier in the day, RJD leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav hailed the Cabinet's...