India, April 14 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday criticised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for failing to uphold the values of Babasaheb Dr BR Ambedkar.

Speaking on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, Kharge, on behalf of his party, outlined five demands for the ruling dispensation.

"First of all, I want to say that caste census is necessary," Kharge wrote in a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account.

"Right now the central government is making its plans on the data of 2011 census. The census to be held in 2021 is not known yet. We demand that along with the General Census, it is also necessary to conduct the Caste Census. Because after so many years, it is not known what is the actual conditi...