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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Serious doubts on intent: Congress attacks government on caste census issue

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday attacked the government over the caste census issue, saying that not carrying a list of castes with responses recorded as shared by respondents raises "serious doubts on intent".

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said it had been widely expected that the caste question will be asked with a pre-prepared state-wise list as had been done in the Bihar and Telangana caste surveys with the response being just ticked appropriately.

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