Kalyan for caste in census, writes to PM
Express News Service Posted online: Sat Jun 05 2010, 01:02 hrs
Lucknow : Former chief minister and parliamentarian from Etah, Kalyan
Singh has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding
caste-based census in the country.
Such a census will help create schemes and programmes for the welfare
of different castes, the national patron of the Jan Kranti Party
pointed out.
A prominent leader of backward castes from UP, Singh shared his letter
with mediapersons at his Lucknow residence on Friday. Expressing his
support for caste-based census, he said only people who are against
social justice to all castes can say no to the inclusion of caste in
census.
"The Prime Minister had initially said in Parliament that the census
will be caste based," he said.
"But I am surprised to see that even though the first round of census
is on, there is no column specifying caste in the data form."
Almost all political parties have expressed their support for a
caste-based census, he said. "Cutting across party lines, leaders have
supported the idea even in Parliament. Hence, I fail to understand why
there was no provision for caste details in the census," said Singh.
He added that since the Prime Minister has already announced this in
the house, it is not justified to hand over the issue to the group of
ministers for consideration.
Demanding that a caste column be included in the census with immediate
effect, he said, "I know the first round is on, but still, this column
can be included and should be done at the earliest".
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