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Transformative moment in nation's journey towards equality: Tejashwi Yadav writes to PM on caste Census

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04.05.2025

New Delhi: RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi, welcoming the decision of the government to include caste data in the national Census. He described the decision as “a transformative moment in the nation’s journey towards equality.” He urged the government to use this data judiciously so that it leads to meaningful policy reforms.

Yadav shared his letter to the PM on his social media handle. Taking to ‘X’ the RJD scion wrote, “My letter to PM Narendra Modi. The decision to conduct the caste census can be a transformative moment in our nation’s journey towards equality. The millions who have struggled for this census await not just data but dignity, not just enumeration but empowerment.”

Tejashwi Yadav wrote in his letter how the NDA had resisted the demand for a caste census, calling it divisive and unnecessary.........

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