Bihar’s political arithmetic in the aftermath of the caste-based survey
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Bihar’s political arithmetic in the aftermath of the caste-based survey

The Hindu  

With the release of the caste-based survey data the caste identification of the MLAs and MPs from Bihar will come to play a decisive role in the State’s politics, and may have nationwide ramifications as well. Going with the present situation, of the 243 members in Bihar’s Legislative Assembly, the majority belong to the Yadav community with 55 members whereas the OBC and the EBC communities comprise of 46 MLAs in all. Going with the percentage out of 243, Muslims are 7.82%, Yadavas are 22.63% and EBC constitutes 18%.93, Dalits stand at 16.04%, while the Upper Caste and Vaishya community consist of 26% and 8.23% respectively. Similarly in the Lok Sabha, of the 40 members representing Bihar, seven are Rajputs, three Bhumiha r, one Kayastha, one Kurumi, two Brahmins, three Kushwaha, six Scheduled Caste, seven Extremely Backward Caste, two Muslims, three Vaishya and five Yadava. “The Bihar’s caste bases survey indicates that the share of EBC is 36% while their political representation in the Assembly Election of 2020 was around 11%.

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