New Delhi, May 1 -- For months leading up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government's surprise announcement of including caste enumeration in the upcoming census, Rahul Gandhi had been talking about the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) exercise that the Congress-led UPA-2 government conducted during its tenure.

Gandhi, the most vocal voice in opposition demanding a Caste census, would often be heard saying that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been afraid of releasing SECC findings.

On Wednesday, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh referred to a letter written by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2023 demanding an "up-to-date Caste Census," noting that there was no more need to say ...