"They should conduct caste census in states where they are in power": BJP MP Trivedi attacks INDIA bloc

New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Launching scathing attacks on the INDIA bloc, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said that they should conduct a caste census in the states where they are in power.
"They (INDIA alliance) should conduct a caste census in the states where they are in power. I want to ask them why they are not doing it in Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab and West Bengal. In Karnataka, they have already done the caste survey but still, they are not disclosing the data. Karnataka Dy CM has threatened that if you disclose the data then what will be the consequences," Trivedi said.
Earlier on Monday, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi demanded that reservation should be included in the ninth schedule of the Constitution and said the party is in favour of caste census.
He made the remarks after the Supreme Court refused to stay Patna High Court order that set aside the state government's amendments to increase quota in the state for some sections.
"It is bad news for the deprived sections of the society...We demand that reservation should be included in the ninth schedule of the Constitution so that every matter related to reservation could be exempted from the judicial review...JD(U) is in favour of conducting caste census in the country," Tyagi said.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that Modi government has failed to conduct Census and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech did not mention funds for decadal Population Census which was supposed to take place in 2021.
"It is highly disappointing that the Finance Minister's announcement on Data and Statistics makes no mention of releasing funds for the decadal Population Census that was supposed to have taken place in 2021, but has still not been conducted," Jairam Ramesh said.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on July 15 ordered the officials to prepare an action plan to increase the BC (Backward Classes) quota in the upcoming local body Panchayat elections.
The Chief Minister held a review of the proposal to enhance the BC quota in the local body elections at the Secretariat.
The CM asked the officials to furnish the details of the implementation of reservation in the Panchayat elections and also the proposal to increase the quota in the upcoming elections. (ANI)