Not releasing caste survey data in 2011 was UPA mistake: Rahul Gandhi – Times of India
RANCHI: Congress member Rahul Gandhi admitted on Monday that it was a mistake that a caste census policy, the brainchild of the UPA government, was not implemented in 2011 and no data of the caste elements collected during the national socio-economic survey was released to the public. Gandhi, however, stressed that a fresh caste census is a prerequisite to decide the future paradigm of the nation and its progress while brushing aside BJP charges against him and Congress that they divide people on caste lines for "vote-bank politics".He also blamed BJP for the violence in Manipur and criticised PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for not talking about the northeastern state and failing to rein in the violence.Responding to a TOI query during a press conference here, Gandhi sa...