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Mayawati seeks inclusion of caste in census
STAFF WRITER 17:12 HRS IST
Lucknow, May 15 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today
demanded inclusion of caste in the census which would help in drawing
welfare schemes for the weaker sections.
In a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she stressed on
caste based census in order to ensure academic, social and economic
development of the deprived groups.
She slammed Congress, BJP and other political parties for depriving
the backwards of their rights by denying caste-based census since
Independence.
"With an aim to maintain their hold over power they conspired to
deprive the other backward castes (OBC) of their rights by denying
caste-based census since Independence", she said in an official
statement.
She claimed that on her directives the BSP members were the first to
raise the issue of caste-based census in the Parliament. Other parties
were now trying to take credit for it, she added.
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