Chennai, June 3 (BPNS)

Senior leader of Tamil Nadu Congress and former state president of the party, K.V. Thangabalu has called for a caste census in states like Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.

In a statement, Thangabalu said that the state should take the lead in conducting a caste census and become a model for other states. He demanded that all communities need protection from the government and a caste census is required for that.

He said that all sections of society to get the right social justice and that there needs to be a caste census across the country and added that such a census would help all the communities get their rights based on their population. Thangabalu also said that this would help reservation for each community in education, job, and other sectors.

The senior leader also said that he would meet all political party leaders of the state for the caste census and called upon the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to take the initiative for the census.