Bihar, Karnataka and Telangana have already conducted a caste census in their respective states. Telangana has also implemented a 42 per cent backwards class reservation for people in the state.
It was Rahul Gandhi who championed the caste count, which the Centre has announced will be part of the next census, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar told NDTV.
Earlier this week, in a major policy shift, the BJP-led Central government announced that the next decadal census will include caste enumeration for the first time since Independence.
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