Deepender Hooda demands Telangana-Style census model, slams centre’s 2011-like notification

New Delhi, June 17, 2025 (ANI): Speaking on the census published in the Gazette, the Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda demanded for Telangana pattern for information gathering and Policies. He said that they are waiting for the next step to be taken.  He said, "... We demanded that on Telangana pattern, the way Telangana's Revanth Reddy government gathered the information regarding all the socio-economic indicators, a detailed notification should be issued so that all the information is available and on that basis the government should change the policies... The Government of India has not issued any such notification. The government has not accepted our demand... The Government of India has issued a notification of its own, which is not much different from 2011. So now we are waiting for what steps will be taken next..."