'Diversionary tactic', says Cong on caste census; BJP hits back
New Delhi, May 2 -- A political slugfest over the caste census intensified on Thursday, a day after the government announced that the next decadal census will include caste enumeration, with the Congress terming the decision a "diversionary tactic" of the government and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying it has exposed the difference between the "true intentions" of the Centre and the "empty sloganeering" of the principal opposition party.
Expressing doubts on the BJP's intentions, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said many questions arise about the decision and asked "where is the deadline" for conducting the census. "Mr [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi and the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) have been dead against a ca...
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