India News | Union Minister Ramdas Athawale Backs Demand for Caste-based Census

Indore (MP), Sep 25 (PTI) Union minister and NDA ally Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said the Republican Party of India (A), his party, favors caste-based census.

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Janata Dal (United) and Apna Dal, two other NDA allies, have already supported the demand. The BJP-led Union government, on the other hand, recently told the Supreme Court that carrying out a caste-based census was not feasible.

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“My party is of the view that the census should be caste-based. The government should think about it," said Athawale, minister of state for social justice and empowerment.

His party does not believe that such an enumeration would promote casteism, Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader from Maharashtra, told reporters.

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