NEW DELHI, March 25 -- Dear Shri Narendra Modi Ji,

I was pleasantly surprised to receive your letter dated March 15 in both Hindi and English. You mentioned in your letter how you have received trust and support from 140 crore people. I am glad that you have not left out anyone from the Indian population. While making this claim, I noticed that you could not give the exact population of India. The last decennial census was held in 2011, when Dr Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister. You should have held the next census in 2021. True, COVID-19 came in the way. As I write this, the country is not sure when the next census would be held. If you had held the census, it would have revealed how your rule has benefited the people in terms of im...