Ramadoss calls on Stalin; insists on caste census by State government
The Hindu
PMK founder S. Ramadoss urges TN CM M.K. Stalin to conduct caste census with ₹300 crore budget.
PMK founder S. Ramadoss called on Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat on Friday to press for a caste census by the State government. He urged that a schedule for the caste census be drawn up immediately.
“The PMK supports the idea of conducting the 2021 decadal census as a caste census. But since it is not possible under the prevailing circumstances, the PMK is insisting on an alternative whereby the State government could conduct the caste census with its authority.”
In a representation to the Chief Minister, Dr. Ramadoss said that though Mr. Stalin had taken a stand in support of the caste census, there was a difference of opinion between the DMK and the PMK on whether they should wait for the Central government to carry out the exercise.
Pointing out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had, on various occasions, spoken against the caste census, Dr. Ramadoss said, “This is why the PMK is insisting that the Tamil Nadu government conduct it on its own.”
Referring to provisions of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008, Dr. Ramadoss said that the State government could conduct the caste census with a budget of about ₹300 crore. There were no legal or political obstacles to getting it done, he added.
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