We want Assam Chief Minister to conduct caste census: Congress MP

Amid the 140th Congress Foundation Day celebrations, President of the As sam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), Gaurav Gogoi, asserted that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma should conduct a caste census in the state based on the demand from the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

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(Source: Gamosi)

Speaking to ANI, Gaurav Gogoi said, “We want the Chief Minister to conduct a caste census if he wants to conduct a census at all. The caste census that Rahul Gandhi is demanding should be conducted in Assam. Tribal in Assam want to know what is the census of their various tribes. The Chief Minister only counts the number of people of one religion, but not of the different tribes and castes. He doesn't tell us what our actual numbers are, what our actual presence is.”

He expressed confidence that the Congress government would be formed in the state in the next year Assembly polls.