Overview
- Congress, marking Thursday's one-year anniversary of the 2025 announcement, said no plan has been shared for how the caste count will be run.
- Jairam Ramesh alleged the Prime Minister intends to delay the exercise and cited signals from a recent special Parliament session.
- The party said there has been no consultation with Opposition parties, state governments or subject experts on how to conduct the enumeration.
- Congress noted that Mallikarjun Kharge sought a caste census in an April 16, 2023 letter and followed up on May 5, 2025, which it says drew no reply.
- For context, Ramesh contrasted the 2025 shift with the 2021 stance, citing a Lok Sabha reply that rejected caste-wise counting and a Supreme Court affidavit that called such directives interference.