New Delhi, April 30 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that the details of the caste census are "still awaited" a year after the Centre announced it as a part of Census 2027. He criticised the Centre for holding no dialogue with Opposition parties and state governments.

The Congress MP asked that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the Opposition party for calling it "urban naxal" over the demand for a caste census.

The central government has included the enumeration of castes in the second phase of the 2027 Census, which Jairam Ramesh called a "dramatic U-turn," owing to the Narendra Modi government's alleged apprehension initially.

Jairam Ramesh wrote on X, "Today, exactly a year ago, the Modi Govt had announced that...