Congress Working Committee (CWC) member K. Raju has called for a caste census in India to eradicate social evils like untouchability.
Speaking after inaugurating the two-day History Congress organised under the aegis of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) here on Tuesday, the Congress leader added the country’s history and cultural diversity were facing threats from fascist elements.
Mr. Raju, who is also the national coordinator of the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and minorities department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), said the party viewed the census as an “X-ray” for understanding the socio-economic conditions of various caste groups in order to redesign national affirmative policy. The CWC had passed a resolution in this regard in October.
