Why delay Census for 23 months: Congress after govt declares schedule

Quickly after the Centre introduced the schedule for the following decadal Census, the Congress on Wednesday mentioned there was no purpose to delay the train for an additional 23 months, and alleged that the Modi authorities doesn’t meet deadlines.

The 2027 Census together with caste enumeration will likely be carried out with the reference date of 1 October 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and 1 March 2027 in the remainder of the nation, the Union house ministry introduced on Wednesday.

In a submit on X, Congress general-secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “There may be actually no purpose to delay the Census that was due in 2021 for an additional twenty three months. The Modi Authorities is succesful solely of producing headlines, not assembly deadlines.”