Do you think the opposition is harming the Indian society by mentioning caste all the time?

My father was recently watching a news debate where the topic was "jaat". The anchor as well as the speakers all were asking the "jaat" of each other and other political leaders. May be doing the caste census may give us a better idea of the developed sector of the society. But I think that rather than doing this we should try to eradicate the caste system because it is a factor that is dividing Indians. However the opposition's main agenda seems to do the caste census for which they are mentioning caste all the time, which I think is undeliberately harming the Indian society. It is a topic of the news channels, of the parliament, the public speeches and even while mentioning advanced technologies like AI.