Greater Noida (Political Correspondent): On the Union Cabinet Committee’s decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only made headlines after this announcement.
Addressing to a press conference, Jairam Ramesh said, “headline toh de diya, lekin deadline kaha hai? Our PM is an expert in giving headlines without deadlines.”
He further said, “In 2025-26, the census commissioner’s office in the Home Ministry, which has been given the responsibility of conducting the caste census, was allocated Rs 575 crore in the budget. But on 24 December 2019, PM Narendra Modi’s government said that Rs 8254 crore is required for the national census. So, what is the purpose and the intent? Only a headline?”
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