Addressing an election rally in Khunti, the Defence Minister said in 2011 a caste and socio-economic census was conducted in the country and almost 46 lakh sub-castes, gotras and communities were counted.
"Those who conducted the survey, themselves decided against publishing the results due to the large number of castes," he said, pointing that the then social welfare department had revealed that there were over 1,200 SC and 750 ST, 2,500 OBC communities in the country at that time.
Claiming that the Congress was playing a fraud on people in the name of caste census, Rajnath Singh asked party President Mallikarjun Kharge to stop fooling people and instead share his party's blueprint for the welfare of the marginalised sections.
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