Union minister Athawale advocates caste census

Union minister and Republican Party of India (A) chief Ramdas Athawale said on Sunday that his party supported conducting a caste census across the country, PTI reported.

“My party demands that some way should be found because once the caste-based census is done, we will know the percentage of every caste in the population," Athawale, the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said.

The Republican Party of India (A) is a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.