Convention on Caste Census: betrayal of Parliament.

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Several political leaders and academicians, who addressed a National Convention on "Caste Census : betrayal of Parliament", organised by Janhit Abhiyan at Speakers Hall, V P House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi today accused the Union Government of having cheated by going back on assurance given to Parliament of India on the question of Caste census. Learned academician Ms Gail Omvedt went to extent of calling the exercise on caste census by Government of India as "Fraud" and said that it was lost case for those hopeful of caste census, who now had to pin hope for the same in the 2021 census. While leaders like Sh Ram Vilas Paswan, Sh Sharad Yadav, Sh Ali Anwar said that if the convention was anything but a reflection of public opinion of the majority on this issue, then the Government should better watch out before misleading the members on the farce they are upto in the name of conducting census on caste, as per the promise made to Parliament of India. They warned the Government to ammend during the coming session of Parliament.

The convention was addressed by Sh Ram Vilas Paswan, Sh Sharad Yadav, Janab Ali Anwar, MP, Sh Uday Pratap Singh, MP, Sh Karan Singh Yadav, former MP, Sh Raghu Yadav, Dr M. Vijayanunni, Former Census Commissioner & Registrar General of India and Former Chief Secretary of Kerala, Sh Dilip Mandal, Writer and Freelance Journalist, Prof Subodh Narain Malakar, JNU, Sh Suraj Yadav, Associate Professor, SSN College, DU, Sh BS Yadav, Sh KK Yadav, Dr V K Singh, Sh Prabhash Chandra Yadav, Advocate. Dr Sushma Yadav, Head of Dr B R Ambedkar Chair, IIPA, New Delhi conducted the Convention while Sh Raj Narain was the main organiser.