New India, April 12 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi government for allegedly trying to put the caste-based census in cold storage.

He also flagged irregularities in its stance on the issue over the past years.

In an X post, the Congress leader outlined that the government denied the caste census in 2021 except for the enumeration of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe communities by filing an affidavit in the apex court. He noted that the Modi government even accused Congress of having a "naxal mindset" for wanting a caste census.

"It is clear that the Modi Govt wants to put the caste census in cold storage. On July 20 2021, it answered a question in the Lok Sabha saying that the "Govt o...