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 caste census from day 1. That is why yesterday Mr Rahul Gandhi said it was a sudden development," Ramesh said, while addressing a press conference. The Rajya Sabha member alleged that the prime minister has taken his "biggest U-turn" in announcing a caste census after he dubbed those seeking it as "urban Naxals" last year. "There is no parallel of the PM in taking U-turns," he claimed. Ramesh said the biggest issue before the country is the terror attack in Pahalgam and that when the country was awaiting a response against Pakistan, the mastermind of the terror attack, the government was indulging in "diversionary tactics" by announcing the caste census. The BJP hit back, with Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan saying the caste census decision has exposed the difference between the "true intentions" of the government and the "empty sloganeering" of the Congress....