New Delhi, Oct. 18: Senior Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh has accused the Centre of changing census rules to benefit workers associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Ramesh alleged that the government’s latest notification expands the eligibility criteria for census enumerators in a way that could benefit RSS and BJP workers. He described the move as an indirect employment guarantee for their cadres.
Jairam Ramesh Questions Motive Behind Census Changes
Ramesh claimed that the revised rules could allow RSS workers to become part of the census process. He also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were seeking to influence key census data in their favour.
Drawing a comparison with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Ramesh accused the government of attempting to shape important national data for political advantage.
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These claims were made by the Congress leader. The supplied report did not include a response from the Centre or the RSS.
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