India, June 17 -- LUCKNOW Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for expressing doubts over the data that will be released by the central government after the caste-based census, saying the former chief minister "could not think beyond familyism and a particular caste".

"Akhilesh Yadav's doubts arise from his fear that caste enumeration will uncover the true picture of OBCs' numbers vis-a-vis the benefits they get in government's welfare schemes," he told HT.

He said the outcome of the caste-based census would benefit all the OBCs, but the most backward castes (MBCs) would benefit more. "Akhilesh Yadav does not understand even the ABCD of Modi's visio...