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Mayank Kumar

EXPLAINED: Caste based census can alone ensure development of every section says akhilesh - The Real Truth

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on April 30 said a caste-based census alone can ensure the development of every section of society, while alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had insulted the backward classes, Dalits, Scheduled Tribes (ST) and minorities.

“We Samajwadis (socialists) demanded a caste census, so that everyone gets rights and respect in proportion to their population, but when it comes to caste census, the saffron party goes completely freezes,” Mr. Yadav said at a public meeting in Gorakhpur, the home turf of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

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