New Delhi, May 1 -- Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he welcomes the Government's "sudden" decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census after "11 years of opposing it" but it should give a timeline for its implementation. His comments came within hours of the government announcing that caste enumeration would be included in the forthcoming census exercise in a "transparent" manner.
Addressing a press conference here, the Congress leader said, "We support this (Government's decision) completely but we want a timeline. We want to know by when it will be done." Welcoming the Narendra Modi dispensation's "sudden" decision to include caste enumeration in the census exercise after "11 years of opposing it", ...