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NEW DELHI: Congress person Jairam Ramesh connected Sunday accused the Modi authorities of attempting to enactment the caste-based census “in acold storage”, alleging inconsistencies successful its basal implicit the years.In a station connected X, Ramesh outlined what helium described arsenic a shifting presumption by the Centre. He said that connected July 20, 2021, the authorities told the Lok Sabha it had decided “as a substance of argumentation NOT to enumerate caste-wise colonisation different than SCs and STs successful Census.”He further noted that connected September 21, 2021, the authorities filed an affidavit successful the Supreme Court reiterating its determination not to behaviour a caste census.
Timeline of shifting stance flagged
Ramesh besides pointed to remarks by Narendra Modi successful April 2024, erstwhile the Prime Minister allegedly accused the Congress of having an “urban naxal mindset” for demanding a caste census.
He past highlighted that connected April 30, 2025, soon aft the Pahalgam panic attack, the authorities announced that a caste census would beryllium conducted arsenic portion of the upcoming exercise.“It is wide that the Modi Govt wants to enactment the caste census successful acold storage,” Ramesh said, alleging a deficiency of consistency successful argumentation decisions.
Delay concerns and governmental allegations
The Congress person besides cited a March 30, 2025, property league by the Registrar-General and Census Commissioner, who said astir results of the ongoing Census 2027 would lone beryllium disposable that twelvemonth owed to the integer format.
Ramesh questioned the delay, noting that states similar Telangana and Bihar had completed caste surveys wrong six months. He further accused the authorities of attempting to amend Article 334-A and linked the contented to the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023.“The Prime Minister, arsenic always, is misleading the state and is engaged successful spreading disorder connected a ample scale. Now they privation to amend that provision, which Parliament had passed unanimously successful September 2023. The hidden docket is straightforward: determination is to beryllium nary caste census astatine all,” helium alleged.
