New Delhi/IBNS, May 1 -- Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has welcomed the central government's decision to introduce caste census in the next year's population census but demanded a clear timeline for implementation.

Further demanding the removal of 50 percent cap on quota, the opposition leader said, "Telangana serves as a model state for caste census. Having successfully conducted a comprehensive caste census in Telangana, we suggest the national census incorporate some of its effective approaches.

"We've discussed two other key issues. Firstly, the 50% cap on reservations, which is increasingly becoming an impediment to development, progress and the advancement of backward castes, Dalits, and Adivasis. We advocate f...