Pilot seeks to put govt on mat, questions timing & intentions

CALLING for more clarity on caste-based census, the Congress on Tuesday urged the government to clarify the reasoning behind the low budget allocation, stop the delay tactics, and conduct the census with the same integrity demonstrated by Telangana.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

Addressing the media in the capital, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot hit out at the union government for no official mention about the caste census on Monday's official notification announcing the delayed census. The caste census would meet the same fate as that of the Women's Reservation Bill, which the government postponed even after it was passed in the Parliament, he said.