LUCKNOW, April 12 -- Congress leaders on Saturday said the Centre should adopt the Telangana model for what they termed a scientific caste census to do justice to the backward classes by granting them a share in resources proportionate to their population.

They expressed these views at the 'Scientific Caste Census Day' organised by the OBC wing of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on the 200th birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.

Anil Jaihind, All India Congress Committee's OBC wing chairman, said, "The Congress will launch a movement against the "Manuvadi" (casteist) mindset that seeks to deprive women of their rightful share." He also read out a message from senior party leader Rahul Gandhi to the party workers.

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