What is the stand of PM Modi and CM Yogi on caste based census? Akhilesh Yadav asked a question

UP Politics: Will get it done in three months, the Samajwadi Party is taking a strong stand on the demand for caste-based census in Uttar Pradesh. Former CM Akhilesh Yadav wanted to know the stand of PM Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday on conducting caste-based census in the state. A day earlier, his Samajwadi Party (SP) had obstructed the assembly proceedings after the Uttar Pradesh government rejected its demand for conducting a caste-based census in Uttar Pradesh on the lines of Bihar.

The Yogi Adityanath government had said that conducting caste-based census comes under the jurisdiction of the Centre.

'If government is formed, caste-based census will be done'

Akhilesh Yadav, who came to Noida, said, 'When caste-based census can be done in Bihar, then why can't it be done in UP. If the SP government is formed, we will conduct a caste-based census within three months. He said that even though the BJP has formed the government again, it has neither political credibility nor financial credibility because the government has not fulfilled its promises. is able to do

The SP President unveiled the statue of late party leader Rajpal Yadav in Hazratpur-Vajitpur village, Sector-63, Noida.

'BJP is a very smart party'

Yadav, who came to Noida, told the media, 'Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a very smart party. BJP is promoting its leaders whom it has given nothing. What is the answer of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister (of Uttar Pradesh) on the caste-based census. This is not a question which small leaders can answer, it is a matter of policy.

Had also demanded from the UPA government

Akhilesh recalled that when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was at the Centre, leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav and several leaders from the south had approached the Congress on the issue of caste-based census. He said, 'It is a different matter that the Congress had earlier refused to accept this demand. Later she agreed to this demand but did not make the figures public.

'BJP is diverting attention from basic issues'

Talking to reporters, the SP chief said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is constantly trying to divert the attention of the public from the basic issues.

Akhilesh Yadav said, 'We do not have to be misled by them (BJP). Inflation is at its peak in the present regime. Unemployment rate is increasing. Corruption is rampant. Every section of the society including farmers, youth is troubled.