Why is BJP reluctant to sanction a caste census, counting the OBCs?

For the BJP, the demand to hold a caste census might adversely impact the pro-OBC agenda

On August 11, nearly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his ministerial council, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) front organisation representing the Other Backward Classes or OBCs felicitated the 27 OBC ministers at a special function hosted at Delhi’s Ambedkar International Centre. The BJP considered their induction a “breakthrough” moment in its history because the OBCs constitute 35 per cent of Modi’s council of ministers, signifying the importance that the communities hold in its political scheme. “It was an emotional moment for us,” said Dr K Laxman, who heads the OBC Morcha. The perception of the BJP being