New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday accused the Centre of failing to consult political parties and state governments on the methodology for the caste census, calling the proposed exercise a "deception" and alleging that it would not amount to a comprehensive caste census as it includes only a single caste-related question among 40 questions according to the notification issued on August 14.

He demanded that the process be scrapped and conducted on the lines of the caste surveys carried out in Bihar and Telangana.

Addressing a Congress party briefing at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi, Ramesh said the party had been raising the issue for the last three years and that Rahul Gandhi and Con...