Nearly 75 organisations have announced a November 28 rally at Ramlila Maidan to demand a drop-down list for the upcoming census. Leaders said the current open-ended caste question will produce confusing data. P. Wilson noted, "The caste question has been kept open-ended. It will serve no purpose."
Nearly 75 organisations have announced a November 28 rally at Ramlila Maidan, arguing that an open-ended caste question could produce confusing and unusable data
Nearly 75 organisations from across India representing Other Backward Classes have come together on a single platform to demand a drop-down list of castes for enumeration of people by caste in the ensuing census.
At a media conference, representatives of leading OBC organisations announced plans for a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 28 to demand a change to the existing enumeration format and introduction of a drop-down menu on castes.
P. Wilson, DMK Rajya Sabha member and leader of the All India Federation of Social Justice, said the government would spend ₹11,700 crore on the census, yet caste data cannot be obtained because the caste question has been kept open-ended.
"We demand that a proper caste census must be conducted. The government is saying caste data will be collected. But the caste question has been kept open-ended. It will serve no purpose. Confusing data will come under the present format," Wilson said.