Chennai, Jan. 10 -- Ahead of the forthcoming National Census, Tamil Nadu Chief Ministerand DMK President M K Stalin on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consult allStates and union Territories (UTs) before finalising the guidelines and questionnair and incorporatediverse perspectives, account for State-specific nuances and foster cooperative federalism in thiscritical exercise.
In a Demi-Official letter to Mr Modi, copies of which were released to the media here, he earnestlyurged him to constitute a consultative mechanism involving Chief Ministers and representatives ofStates to discuss and refine the guidelines for caste enumeration and exercise due diligence indesigning the framework, including pilot testing where necessary, ...