
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never opposed the idea of caste-based census but his party does not do ‘vote politics’ on the issue. Shah made this comment while releasing the party’s manifesto for Chhattisgarh assembly elections at BJP’s state office Kushabhau Thakre complex. On the question of ruling Congress conducting caste-based census in the state, Shah said, “We are a national political party.