Lucknow, Jan. 24 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over caste census, describing it as merely a "gimmick"He said the census notification issued by the central government does not even have a column for caste, so what will be counted? Akhilesh Yadav said on his social media platform.

He said the BJP's formula is simple: there will be no counting, and, therefore, no demographic basis will be created for providing proportional reservation and rights. He called it a well-planned conspiracy against the PDA (Backward Classes, Dalits, Minorities).

The SP president said that those who trusted the BJP, are now feeling cheated and humiliated. He claim...