New Delhi [India], June 16 : Raising questions on the Census 2027, Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday questioned Union Home Minister whether the Census data would follow the Telangana model or if the country was staring at another "Jumla."
"Dear Mr. Amit Shah, will the 2027 Caste Census follow the Telangana model, or is India staring at another Jumla? The first caste census since 1931 has been officially notified. But we have questions. Big ones. And the country deserves answers," the post on social media X read.
Tagore also questioned the government, asking if it was following the Telangana model or avoiding it for political convenience.
He also raised questions if the Census 2027 would release full caste data, including the OBCs or would it be another round of data collection.
"Will your government release the full caste data this time, including OBC sub-categorisation? Or will it be another round of data collection without justice?" the post further read.
Tagore also raised questions on what was stopping the Government from having a precise and transparent Census.
Furthermore, Tagore questioned if the 2027 Census would become a tool of justice or would be another headline.
"Will the 2027 Census become a tool of justice, or just another headline? Mr. Shah, history is watching. India is waiting. And the OBCs will not settle for optics without outcomes," he further wrote.
Earlier in the day, the Central government notified that the Population census, the process of which will begin in March 2027.
As per a gazette notification released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, "In exercise of the powers conferred by Section three of the Census Act 1948 and in suppression of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs dated March 26, 2018, the Central Government declared that a census of the population of India shall be taken during the year 2027, as per a circular released by the Ministry of Home Affairs."
The notification said that the reference date for the census shall be March 1, 2027, except for the Union territory of Ladakh and the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Furthermore, the reference date for the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be October 1, 2026.