Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Friday (July 25, 2025) that it is his fault to not get caste census while his party remained in power, but now he has taken steps to rectify this mistake. He said that the issue of caste census is a political earthquake which has shook the political ground of the country.

Addressing the ‘OBC Partnership Justice Conference’ of the Congress, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said, ‘I have been doing politics since 2004. When I evaluate my evaluation, I find that if I did a good job, there is a shortage of somewhere… I should get good numbers. I should get good numbers on the issue of women, but if I look back, one thing looks clear that one thing was reduced. I made a mistake, that is that I did not do the way the OBC class (of the interests) was to be protected. The reason for this is that I did not understand your issues deeply at that time.

The former Congress president said, ‘It is easy to understand the difficulties of Dalits … The issues of tribals are also easily understood, but the difficulties or issues of OBCs do not look easily. I regret that if I had known more about your history and issues, I would have done caste census at the same time (staying in power of Congress). That time has passed, but it is my fault. … This is not the fault of the Congress, my fault.

Referring to the issue of caste census, he said, ‘This is a political earthquake, which has shaken the political ground of India. You have not shocked this, but the work is done. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said, ‘The 21st century is the century of’ data ‘. (Narendra) Modi ji keeps speaking about data. Earlier, the country which used to have oil was considered powerful. … Today’s oil is data.

According to him, ‘data companies have … The data that has come to the Telangana government has no match. Today we can tell in Telangana in a minute how many OBCs and Dalits are in the management of all corporate groups of the state. Rahul Gandhi said, ‘You ask my sister (Priyanka Gandhi) that when I make up my mind for something, I back back or not …. I (from caste census) are not going to back down.’

He alleged that BJP and RSS have erased the history of OBC. The Congress leader said that Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs are the productive power of this country, but they are not getting the results of this.

Maulana mahmood madani: Maulana Mahmood Madni, president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, has supported the caste-based census. Maulana Mahmud Madani has said that caste -based census in the country will ensure justice, correct policy making and equal distribution of resources.

Maulana Madani said that caste -based census is no longer a government formality, but it has become a social and political need. The figures from this will have a direct impact on reservation policy, social development schemes and fair distribution of welfare benefits. In this context, Maulana Madani has appealed to all the Muslims of the country to actively participate in this census process. Every Muslim family should ensure that the identity of their prevailing caste is recorded correctly.

Maulana Madani appealed
Maulana Madani has requested the local units of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, all Muslim organizations, religious institutions and community leaders to guide the common people and make them aware of the long-term effects of this process. Maulana Madani also clarified that this step is not against the principles of Islamic equality, but it is a practical need. He said that although Islam supports an equality-based society, a large part of Muslims in India has remained socially and economically backward.

Work to bring justice to backward and weak Muslims
Maulana Madani said that now the time has come to consider it a moral and constitutional duty, try to provide justice to the most deprived sections, especially backward and weak Muslims. He further said that we demand from the Government of India that there should be transparency, fairness and serious work in caste -based census and no community should be discriminated against.

UP Politics: The central government has issued a notification for the Census 2027 (Census 2027). There will also be Caste Census in this census. The Center has said that on 1 October 2026, there will be a reference date for the hilly states and on 1 March 2027. There is also a political movement in Uttar Pradesh due to the notification of the Center. On the one hand, while Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav has asked his supporters and workers to be careful, then the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is overwhelmed on this decision. In this episode, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has issued a special statement.

Many political implications of this statement of Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya are being extracted. In his social media posts, the deputy CM has said that the next 2 years will be important for the social, economic and political direction of the country.

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What did Keshav write?
According to political experts, it is not easy to say anything about what is the gesture of Keshav Prasad Maurya’s post, but it is also being seen by linking his political fight. On the social media site X, Keshav wrote-2026-27 will be the socio-economic and political direction of India. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the first phase of caste census will start from 1 October 2026 in Himachal, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and will be implemented across the country from 1 March 2027. This historic decision could only take the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He wrote that for decades, parties like Congress and SP only kept talking about caste census, but never showed courage to implement it. Now that the census is going to become a reality, the faces of the opposition parties are extinguished, because it will expose the politics of dynasty and false social justice. This step will strengthen the basis of public rights and development.

UP Politics: The central government issued a notification for the census in India. With this, the preparations for the census and the process related to it have started. On issuing notification by the Center, Apna Dal Sone Lal’s leader and Union Minister Anupriya Patel has expressed happiness. Anupriya spoke on the social media site X. At the same time, he also attacked the opposition. However, the Union Minister did not write the name of any leader or party in his post.

Patel wrote that notification of census continues !!!! With this, for the first time in independent India, the path of caste census was also cleared. Another revolutionary decision in the field of social justice of the NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ready to land on the ground.

The leader of Apna Dal (S) wrote that this move of the NDA government today has fulfilled the incomplete dream of Apna Dal founder Yash: Kayi Bodhisattva Dr. Sonelal Patel. This day is an opportunity for immense satisfaction for all of us.

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He wrote that like the opposition, we do not just do political justice of social justice. Economic and social empowerment of the disadvantaged class is also our policy, resolution. The NDA government has worked for social justice on the ground.

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Giving the example, the minister wrote, the Center

– Constitutional status to the National OBC Commission was given by the NDA government.
– OBC Kota NDA government implemented in Night PG Entrance Examination.
– OBC reservation in admission to Navodaya, Sainik and Kendriya Vidyalayas was implemented by the NDA government.
– University 13 Point Roster dispute was resolved by the NDA government.
– The NDA government ensured the most benefits of the underprivileged schemes.

Explain that the census will be in 2 stages. The first data of the hill states will come till 1 October 2026 and the data of the plains will come by 1 March 2027. Castes will also be counted in this census. Regional parties say that they put pressure on the center. However, the Center and the BJP claim that they were already preparing for this. It has nothing to do with the demand of the opposition.

Caste Census: In the CCPA meeting held on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) regarding caste census, the Modi government has decided that caste census will be done in the original census itself. This time questions related to caste will also be asked during the census. Earlier, the census was to be held in 2021, but had to postpone due to Corona.

Government employees are appointed for census

Government employees are appointed for census in the country, which are called enumerators. Employees appointed for the census go to the fixed areas and gather many kinds of information. The government gives them a special ID card and if there is any kind of doubt, you can ask them to show the identity card.

According to the official website of the census, it is done in two parts. First Housing and Second Housing Census. Many types of questions related to the house are asked in housing, which contain questions related to the possession of electricity, drinking water, toilets, property and property.

A total of 29 questions are asked during the process

The second form of the census is of the National Population Register. In this, questions are asked about the members of the house. Such as- name, gender, mother’s name, father’s name, date of birth, marital status, temporary address and questions are asked questions. A total of 29 such questions are asked during the process of population.

How is the census data base ready?

According to the claims, whatever information related to the Census, the Government of India, is not shared with the private agency. The census employees who collect the data are filtered. After dividing it into the category, it is finalized in the National Population Register. In this way, the data base of the census is prepared which the government uses.

There is a provision for census in India, which is known as the Census Act 1948. This provision gives the central government the right to conduct census and make rules for it. Along with this, a detailed figure of census is kept confidential.

When did the census started since?

The first census in the country was in 1872 during the reign of the then Governor General Lord Mayo, while the entire census took place in 1881. After this, the trend of census started every 10 years. Before independence, the census was conducted in 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931 and 1941. After independence, the first census took place in 1951. Then 1961, 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011 census was conducted.

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On Wednesday (June 04, 2025), the central government announced to conduct the country’s eighth census. The way the census dates have been announced, a lot of people are confronting that the census or caste census is taking place, starting from 2026, then why is it being said that the census will start from 2027. The census was to be held in 2021, but now in 2027, it has been announced to conduct census, in such a situation the question is arising whether the next census will be in 2031 or 10 years after 2027.

There are many confusion, let’s understand everything one by one. First of all, we know what the central government has announced.

According to the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the notification of census will be issued on 16 June 2025 and all preparations will start from this year.

1-Census is to be completed in two phases, that is, its process will be completed in the country twice.

2- It has been decided to conduct census-2027 in two phases with the calculation of castes.

3- Union Territory of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand states will start census from 1 October 2026.

4- This time the census will be done in a digital way, so this census will take only 3 years. Meaning the census work will be completed by 2030.

5- At the time of caste census, family information will also be taken on economic basis, in which there is a raw house or a pucca house, a vehicle in the house or not information will be collected.

So you read some important information related to the announcement of the census. Let’s talk directly on the confusion.

First and biggest confusion: When will the census be held? Will there be only caste census on 1 October 2026, will it be part of the census, it is being said in the news that the census will start from 1 March 2027. What is 2026 or 2027 census or caste census?

Answer: According to Press Information Bureau, the central government has named it Census-2027. Just as we know the previous census by the name of Census 2011. The census should have been held after 10 years, but it has not happened, now the counting year 2027 of the census has been kept. Meaning the next census will now be 10 years after 2027.

-The process of census 2027 will begin on 1 October 2026 from the states of Hill States-Union Territory Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

-The counting year of the census will be 2027, the process will start in 2026.

On October 2026, the census will start with only caste census, but in that census there will be no caste calculation, such as in census and information about raw house, pakka house, car, push is taken. Just with these information, caste will also be asked.

Consider this line of Press Information Bureau-‘It has been decided to calculate the castes as well as census-2027 in two phases’. Meaning, along with the calculation of castes, that is, what should be taken and the rest of the information should also be taken, then the process that is starting in the hill states from 1 October 2026 is the proper census, just the calculation of castes has also been included in it.

Understand from another example: The last census in India was 2011, it was also done in two phases. The first phase was held from 1 April to 30 September 2010 and the second phase lasted from 09 February to 28 February 2011, but we know the last census by the name of Census 2011.

This time too, the census-2027 will start in October 2026, but the census counting year will remain 2027, just as we know the last time census as Census 2011, similarly we will know the next census by the name of Census 2027.

UP Politics: From the year 2021, the counting of the census can start from the year 2027. This information has been given by sources. Sources claim that the census will begin on 1 March 2027. However, the census in four hill states will take place in October 2026. Which includes states like Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh.

After this, there will be a census from March 1 of 2027. Counting of castes will also start in this census. After about 96 years, the people as well as castes will be counted in India.

If the census starts from March 1, then this will be a time when the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be going on or in their final stages. If you look at the election dates of the year 2022 and the year 2017, then the census will start before the swearing in of the new government.

In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party, Indian National Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party have been constantly demanding that caste census should be done so that everyone can get a stake. Even in the Bharatiya Janata Party, a class has been continuously demanding that ethnic census be done.

Apart from this, BJP ally Subhaspa, Nishad Party and Apna Dal (S) have also been raising their voice in favor of ethnic census.

When were the elections in 2017 and 2022?
In the year 2017, the election started in UP from 17 January and the final vote was cast on 8 March 2017. Then on 19 March 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party government was formed under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Talking about the year 2022, this year the election started from January 14 and the last vote was on 7 March. The results came on 10 March. This time too, the BJP government was formed and Yogi was sworn in for the second time on 25 March.

After the completion of four and a half years of tenure of any assembly, the Election Commission of India has the right to hold elections anytime within 6 months. In such a situation, if the Commission announces the election dates in the last week of December 2026 and the first week of January 2027 and similarly elections are held in 7-7 stages, then the results will come only after the census starts and a new government will be formed.

Population Count: An important information has been revealed about caste census and census. Sources have revealed that the government will start the census from March 1, 2027. This will be done in two stages. At the same time, the census in hilly states like Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will start from 1 October 2026. Census will be started in 2 phases along with ethnic census.

In this, one more important question related to caste will be connected in a long list of questions asked by men and women across the country. Recently, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had confirmed that the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has approved the inclusion of caste calculations in the next census.

To update the National Population Register (NPR), it is usually a census every ten years and it was to be held in 2021, but it had to be postponed due to Kovid epidemic. In the last census of 2011, India’s population was recorded more than 121 crores.

Mallikarjun kharge letter to PM modi: Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Modi) on Tuesday (6 May 2025) regarding the caste census. He has also given some suggestions to PM Modi through the letter.

While sharing a letter on his X account, Mallikarjun Kharge wrote, “My letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on caste census. I wrote a letter on April 16, 2023, carrying forward the demand for the caste -census of the Indian National Congress. It is a matter of regret that I did not get any answer to this letter. Unfortunately, the leaders of your party and you have attacked the Congress and your leadership to raise this legitimate demand, which you accept today and your leadership to raise this. In the interest of empowerment, you have now announced that the next census (which was to be in 2021) will be included as a separate category, but I do not have three suggestions for your views. “

‘Census questionnaire design important’

He further said, “The design of census questionnaires is important. The Ministry of Home Affairs should take inspiration from the Telangana model, the process of finalizing the questionnaire and the sets of questions asked for both. Whatever the results of the caste census, it is clear that the arbitrary border of 50 percent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class (OBC) should be removed through constitutional amendment. It was challenged in the Supreme Court and maintained it on January 29, 2014.

‘Census gives their rights to marginalized sections’

Mallikarjun Kharge also said in the letter that any process like caste census which gives their rights to backward, oppressed and marginalized classes of our society, can not be considered divisive in any way. Our great nation and our big -hearted people have always been united when we have done after a recent cowardly terrorist attacks in Pahalgam.

‘You will seriously consider my suggestions’

He further said, “The Indian National Congress believes that to ensure the social and economic justice and status and opportunity given in the preamble of our Constitution, it is very important to conduct caste census in the above mentioned way. I am confident that you will consider my suggestions seriously. I request you to discuss the issue of caste census with all political parties soon.”

Caste Census News: After the decision to conduct caste census across the country through the central government, the politics of Bihar is in full swing. After all the attacks of the opposition and the ruling party, now the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi, in which Tejashwi Yadav has put his views on caste census and some new demands in front of PM Modi.

Tejashwi Yadav wrote in his letter, “After the recent announcement of your government of caste census across the country, I have been writing you today with a sense of cautious optimism. For years, your government and NDA alliance rejected the demand for caste census as divisive and unnecessary, when Bihar initiated to conduct caste surveys with its resources, the central government and its top law officials have been hurriedly hurriedly. Questioned the need for such data collection. Many types of slut and indecent comments were made.

My Letter to PM Sh. @narendramodi Ji.

The decision to conduct the caste census can be a transformative moment in our nation’s journey towards equality. The Millions who have struggled for this census await not just data but Dignity, not just just enumeration but Empowerment.… pic.twitter.com/t2usznfjoh

– Tejashwi Yadav (@YADAVTEJASHWI) May 3, 2025

Further written that your delayed decision accepts the prevalence of the demands of those citizens who have been marginalized for a long time. The caste survey of Bihar, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs having about 63% of our state’s population, broke many myths spread to maintain the status quo. A similar pattern is likely to emerge across the country. I am sure that the disadvantaged communities will create less representation in every life, despite being most of our population, a democratic awakening will create.

He also said that caste census is just the first step of a long journey of social justice. The goal of increasing the scope of social security and reservation according to the population from the census data should also be an integral part of this process. As a country, we also have an important opportunity to fix many types of injustice in upcoming delimitation. The renovation of the constituencies should be sensitive to the census data.

Special provisions should be made for adequate political representation in institutions deciding OBC and EBC. These deprived groups will have to be included on the basis of the principle of proportional representation in the state assemblies and the Parliament of India. Our Constitution ordered the state to reduce economic inequalities and ensure equitable distribution of resources through its director principles. When we know how many of our citizens belong to the deprived groups and what their economic status is, then the intervention with more accuracy should be prepared.

Private sector, which has been a major beneficiary of public resources, cannot be separated from the needs of social justice. Companies have been getting adequate benefits, land at concessional rates, power subsidy, tax exemption, basic facilities, and various types of financial incentives. Its burden raises the shoulder of the taxpayer. In turn, it is completely appropriate to expect the private industry sector to reflect the social structure of our country. In the context of caste census, there should be open talks about inclusion and diversity in the private sector.

Prime Minister, your government is now standing at a historic intersection. The decision to conduct caste census can be a transformational moment in the journey of equality of our country. Our ancestors have struggled for the collection of these figures for many decades. Therefore, there should not be a delay in implementing this decision.

A dagger question is also whether data will be used as a catalyst for systemic reforms, or will it be limited to dusty archives like many previous commission reports? As the representative of Bihar, where the caste survey has opened eyes towards the ground reality, I assure you of creative cooperation in making social changes. Millions of people struggling for this census are waiting for not only data but also respect, not only calculations but empowerment.

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