Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the BJP has not snatched the caste census issue from the Congress, adding that party MP Rahul Gandhi had raised the matter strongly. This led to the creation of an atmosphere in which the Centre had to implement the census, he said. Gehlot added that it was Gandhi who raised the need for transparency to conduct such a census and highlighted that people from the Sc, ST and OBC categories do not get a place in the judiciary and bureaucracy.