Hyderabad, Aug. 28 -- Telangana Government Advisor V Hanumantha Rao on Friday said AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had jointly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking changes in the questionnaire being used for the caste census.
Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan here, Hanumantha Rao said the two Congress leaders had demanded that the existing questionnaire be scrapped and a new, clear questionnaire be prepared in consultation with political parties and experts.
He said the open-ended questions in the present system could lead to misleading information and stressed the need for measures to prevent misuse of the data. Accurate caste data was essential for effectively implementing welfa...