Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav Slammed Congress For Not Conducting A Caste Census When The Party Was In Power. Yadav Told ANI, “Congress Is The Party That Did Not Conduct Caste Census After Independence. When All The Parties In The Lok Sabha Were Demanding A Caste Census, They Did Not Conduct A Caste Census”. Congress Wants A Caste-Based Census Because They Know Their Traditional Vote Bank Is Not With Them, Akhilesh Yadav Told ANI In Poll-Bound Madhya Pradesh. The Congress Party Has Been Demanding That The Centre Must Conduct A Caste Census. Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Also Attacked The PM Narendra Modi-Led Central Government For Rejecting Their Demands. Other Allied Parties In The INDIA Bloc Have Also Stepped Up Their Demand For A Caste Census, Which Legally Can Only Be Done By The Central Government.