New Delhi, May 2 (PTI) Top Congress leaders on Friday discussed the situation arising out of the Pahalgam terror attack and the caste census announced by the Centre at a crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

Party general secretary Jairam Ramesh had told reporters on Thursday that the entire Congress Working Committee (CWC) would sit and discuss the two crucial issues before the country.

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Sources said the CWC is likely to pass resolutions seeking concrete action against Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack and for allocating funds to get the caste census conducted soon as part of the national census exercise.

It is also likely to demand that there should be a constitutional amendment and the 50 per cent cap on reservations be removed. The CWC is also expected to urge the government to implement Article 15(5), which provides for reservations in private educational institutions.

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The meeting was chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and was attended among others by former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, besides senior leaders including AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal and party treasurer Ajay Maken.

The meeting comes two days after the Centre announced that caste enumeration will be part of the next decadal census, with the inclusion of caste details for the first time since independence.

The CWC had also met earlier on April 24 in the wake of the Pahalgam attack and passed a resolution seeking strong action against the perpetrators of the crime. It also said that Pakistan is the mastermind behind the Pahalgam attack.

Rahul Gandhi had earlier said the perpetrators of the April 22 attack, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed, must be held accountable and the prime minister should act firmly.

He also welcomed the government's "sudden" decision to include caste enumeration in the next census exercise after "11 years of opposing it", but asserted that the Centre should fix a timeline for its implementation.

Crediting a sustained campaign run by the Congress for the government announcing the caste census, he had said his immediate suspicion was that this could go the women's bill way in terms of implementation and demanded a specific date for it.

The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha had said that the pressure the Congress put on the government for the caste census has worked.

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