NCP president Sharad Pawar on Monday asked the Centre to undertake a caste-based census and relax the 50 per cent cap on reservations to ensure social justice. Addressing a Press conference, Pawar said his party will build public opinion against the Central government on the issue.

The former Union minister also claimed that the Narendra Modi-led Central government misled people on the quota issue. “The constitutional amendment of restoring the right of the states to prepare a list of OBCs, taken away two years ago, is a mere eyewash,” he said.