In a bid to persuade the Government to undertake a caste-based census, four prominent OBC leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad, met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday .
The meeting at which BJP deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde and JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav were also present, was held against the backdrop of Home Minister P Chidambarm's statement in Parliament virtually ruling out a caste-based census.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Chidambaram were also present during the deliberations. PTI
