The Congress on Wednesday alleged that the methodology of asking questions on caste in Census 2027 is “deliberately flawed” and the census has a “deeper nefarious purpose”.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh claimed that the micro questions on religion, date of birth and the place of birth of parents have never been asked before. In his post, Mr. The micro Qs on religion, date of birth, place of birth of parents have never been asked before. He further added, “The census is confidential.
Ramesh said, “The methodology of asking Qs on caste in Census 2027 is deliberately flawed. Clearly Census 27 has a deeper nefarious purpose.”
Earlier reporting noted: Unlike Census data, which can only be released in an aggregate form up to the village level, the NPR database can be shared with States and other government departments. Mr. It would have been ideal for the Registry of Castes that there should have been given a drop-down menu for selection of the castes, which could have made some consistent data available which can be relied upon’,” Mr. Mr.
The Congress on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) alleged that the Modi government wants to sabotage the caste census and asked why the Census 2027 does not include a drop-down menu for selecting castes, despite the Centre recommending it in its affidavit to the Supreme Court in September 2021. Ramesh highlighted that on September 21, 2021, the Modi government had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, categorically rejecting the plea for a caste census. “However, para 12 (d) in the affidavit says the following: ‘There was no registry of caste prepared prior to the conduct of the 2011 Census. Ramesh questioned why the 2027 Census does not feature this drop-down menu, which the Modi government had recommended in its affidavit to the Supreme Court in September 2021. Earlier reporting noted: Census 2027 questionnaire seeks parents’ religion, place of birth up to village level The questionnaire or the schedule for the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, which has gone live in Ladakh and snow-bound areas of three other States ahead of the rest of the country, seeks information on religion, date of birth and place of birth up to the village level of both the father and mother, according to the questions seen by The Hindu .
The opposition party had claimed that the Prime Minister made a “complete U-turn” on April 30, 2025, by announcing a caste census, only to now perform a “U-turn on his earlier U-turn”. Ramesh had said in a post on X.
Earlier reporting noted: Only the Union Government can issue the SC/ST list after being ratified by Parliament.
