{"id":17005,"date":"2026-08-26T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17005"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:52:36","slug":"caste-count-method-in-census-misleading-congress-letter-to-pm-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17005","title":{"rendered":"Caste count method in Census \u2018misleading\u2019: Congress letter to PM | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The letter from Kharge and Rahul said govt should prepare a fresh questionnaire through consultations with parties.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 \u201cmisleading\u201d as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, have written to PM Narendra Modi demanding the Census questionnaire on caste notified recently be abandoned and a new one be drafted. They underlined that the word \u201cOBC\u201d has not even been used in the Census.In the backdrop of the controversy triggered by the questionnaire, Kharge and Rahul told the PM \u201cyour govt\u201d has adopted an \u201copen-ended question\u201d to collect information about caste, and enumerators will have to take for an answer whatever a person replies to the caste question. They argued that a caste is known by different names and sub-castes depending on the region, which would result in one caste being recorded by thousands of names. \u201cThis would result in lakhs of castes being registered in the country, and the entire data recorded in the caste census would become useless,\u201d the letter said.\u201cWe don\u2019t approve of the caste census being done through this methodology. Govt should cancel the present questionnaire and prepare a fresh one through consultations with political parties, experts, and the public so that a correct headcount of every caste and community is collected and the caste census is precise, relevant, and beneficial,\u201d it said.It said a readymade solution to the problem is that a \u201cdrop-down menu\u201d comprising a list of castes be added to the questionnaire. \u201cThis very methodology is used for counting SCs and STs (in Census)… This methodology was adopted in the surveys of Bihar and Telangana. We are enclosing the caste lists of the two surveys for understanding.\u201d Further, the letter said such a list of castes for Census can easily be compiled on the basis of the existing Socially and Educationally Backward Classes list and data from the Anthropological Survey of India.<\/p>\n

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