BJP defends govt affidavit on caste census
The Hindu
Its OBC Morcha chief says there is difficulty in getting reliable data
The BJP on Friday defended the explaining its inability to conduct a caste census as part of the regular census exercise of 2021.
BJP’s OBC Morcha chief K. Laxman spoke to The Hindu over the issue, saying previous attempts at a caste census, including the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC), had demonstrated the complexity of the exercise and the difficulty in getting reliable data.
“Under the UPA, they spent crores engaging NGOs and other agencies to carry out their census, only to come up with unreliable data. The Karnataka government had also undertaken a caste census but have not published the results. It’s a complicated exercise,” he said.
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