Caste survey must, Centre should conduct it with census: Former FM Chidambaram
Former union finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said that a caste survey was necessary before deciding on any reservation benefits and it should be conducted by the central government along with the census. In an interview to PTI, the Congress leader who is a well-known legal expert, also pointed out that the BJP-led central government has not conducted a census as it should have in 2021, and may defer the decadal exercise till after the general elections next year.
His statement came days after Bihar conducted a caste survey and recommended 65 per cent reservation for the deprived sections.
«I think if reservation is there, a caste count is necessary.
According to me, it should be done along with the national census. But these people (the BJP) did not do the national census of 2021, now we are at the end of 2023.
They will not do it before the 2024 elections,» Chidambaram said.
He referred to his party's promise that if it comes to power at the Centre, it would conduct the national census and the caste survey simultaneously.
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- Chidambaram said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said that he will not conduct a separate caste census and has appealed to the Centre to do it along with the national census, he pointed out.
«Chhattisgarh is doing a separate caste census, Karnataka has already done a separate
