Nehru opposed caste based reservation: Pradhan on caste census
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reacted after Congress took credit for the Centre's decision to include caste census in the national census. "Who was in control of the government and the system in 1951? Jawaharlal Nehru was a staunch opponent of caste-based reservation," Pradhan said. “Congress has always been against tribal, Dalit and backwards classes of the country," he added.