Patna, Aug 11(UNI) RJD president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday exhorted the people to boycott
caste based census if it was not carried out on caste basis.
Mr Prasad tweeted that all those belonging to backwards, most backwards, oppressed and
minorities could boycott Census if it was not conducted on caste basis.
What would be purpose of Census if it was not aimed at benefitting a vast chunk of the society,
he added.
RJD president said what he would do with census data only related to animals.
Caste based census would be fruitful for the people, he pointed out.
As it is, RJD president Lalu Prasad had demanded earlier on several occasions for caste based census.
He had also demanded for release of Socio Economic Caste Census data when it was carried
out during the regime of Manmohan Singh government in the year 2011. The government had not released the SECC data, saying it had millions of errors.
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