Congress welcomes Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur, criticizes Modi govt. for hypocrisy. Thakur championed social justice, Congress calls for nationwide caste census as tribute. Rahul Gandhi advocates for caste census, Modi govt. refuses to release 2011 census. Thakur, non-Congress socialist leader, named for Bharat Ratna posthumously. Thakur enforced alcohol prohibition, village renamed after him.