In a major decision, the Union Government on Wednesday decided to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise in a “transparent” manner.Urging the government to fulfill its announcement, Kharge said that as of today, the government has not allocated sufficient funds for the exercise, and asked how the survey can be conducted without money.He said, “They should also give a time limit. If there is no time limit, it will take a long time. Therefore, my suggestion is that they should give special attention to this, and within two or three months… or whatever time limit is fixed they should conduct the survey and fulfil the promise and the people’s demand.”The AICC chief, in response to a question, said he doesn’t think the caste census was announced with the upcoming Bihar polls in mind.”I don’t want to go into politics. Whatever is good, I welcome it. Whatever is bad, I oppose. Because ultimately, the country is important, the people are important. As people wanted the caste census, we agitated, demanding it. All opposition parties pressured and agitated for it throughout the country, and Rahul Gandhi took the lead in demanding the caste census. We have achieved it, and we are happy,” he said.Reiterating that he welcomes the decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census, he further said, “It should be done soon, it should not be a show-off, and the economic and educational survey should be conducted in a perfect manner, satisfying everyone.”
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