Bhopal, May 1 -- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has slammed the opposition, saying there's a "race" among the opposition to take credit for the Cabinet's decision to hold the caste census.

He further questioned Rahul Gandhi over why the caste census has never been conducted under Congress governments since independence.

"There's a race between Congress and INDI-Alliance parties to take credit for it (Union Cabinet's decision on caste census). I want to ask Rahul Gandhi ji why the caste census never happened under the Congress government," Chouhan said on Wednesday evening.

He claimed that the country's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru was not a "supporter of reservation on the basis of caste." He added Indira Gandhi and Manm...