Rahul Gandhi, Kharge Write Letter to PM Modi; Asks for Current Census Questionnaire to Be Cancelled
The Congress leaders said open-ended caste questions will scatter data and urged a verified list after consultation with parties, experts and the public.
- On Tuesday, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to scrap the current open-ended caste census questionnaire and replace it with a standardized format.
- Kharge and Gandhi argued the open-ended format is misleading because recording varying names for the same caste could fragment data, rendering final findings useless for social policy decisions.
- Pointing to the Bihar Caste Survey-2022 and Telangana Caste Survey-2024 as successful examples, they proposed a standardized drop-down list compiled from existing government records including the Anthropological Survey of India.
- Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh described the government's efforts as a "whitewash," noting that leadership has sent three letters to Modi on this issue without receiving a response.
- Accurate caste data remains essential for framing effective policies on education, employment, and welfare programs, which Kharge and Gandhi warned the current census method threatens to undermine.
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have demanded cancellation of the current caste census questionnaire and preparation of a new questionnaire after discussions with political parties, experts and the general public.
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New Delhi: Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the caste census issue, demanding that the government scrap the existing questionnaire for it and formulate a new one after consulting political parties, experts, and the general public. Kharge and Gandhi said they do not accept the caste census being conducted in the current manner and urged the government to take cue from the …
Kharge, Rahul Gandhi write to PM Modi, flag 'misleading open-ended' caste questions
Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider proposed open-ended method of collecting caste data in the upcoming census, warning that differences in caste names, sub-castes and spellings could lead to the same community being counted as multiple groups.
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