How a caste survey could upend politics in the world’s largest democracy
1 year, 10 months ago

How a caste survey could upend politics in the world’s largest democracy

The Independent  

The morning milk is yet to be delivered, but the April heat is already leaving stains on his shirt. “As a result, the structure is dominated by Upper Castes.” A renewed focus on caste poses a danger to the governing BJP’s electoral successes and could fragment its umbrella voting bloc of Hindus. “They would prefer to pit Muslims against Hindus as opposed to picking fights within the Hindu community,” says Mamidipudi Ramakrishna Sharan, a University of Maryland assistant professor who has studied caste in Bihar. It’s difficult to “appease” both the Upper Castes and the OBCs, says Himanshu, an associate professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University who goes by his first name only. “My family doesn’t believe in caste discrimination,” Kumar says as Paswan finishes collecting his details.

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How poll politics is inherent in Telangana, Bengal caste counts
5 days, 4 hours ago

How poll politics is inherent in Telangana, Bengal caste counts

India Today  

India’s social fabric is woven with intricate threads of caste, a reality that has shaped its politics, economics and social dynamics for centuries. In Tamil Nadu, Congress state president K. Selvaperunthagai urged the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government to conduct a caste survey similar to Telangana’s. In 2023, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, then aligned with the anti-BJP bloc, conducted a …

'Caste-census' obsessed Rahul Gandhi attacks merit, resorts to fear mongering through emotional appeal: Details
1 week, 1 day ago

'Caste-census' obsessed Rahul Gandhi attacks merit, resorts to fear mongering through emotional appeal: Details

Op India  

On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi courted controversy after he attacked merit in India as ‘unfair’ to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes. Rahul Gandhi misleads about caste census through emotional appeal During the course of the podcast, Rahul Gandhi was seen making an emotional appeal to convince his audience about the ‘merits’ of the caste census. …

Rahul Gandhi says caste census key to exposing India's inequality, BJP hits back
1 week, 2 days ago

Rahul Gandhi says caste census key to exposing India's inequality, BJP hits back

India Today  

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has stoked a fresh row after claiming that India's education system is unfair to the lower castes. In response, the BJP hit out at Rahul Gandhi, saying that the Congress leader crying foul about India's merit system in the field of education reflects the party's "dynastic" mindset. Responding to Rahul …

House debates whether to conduct caste census or caste survey
1 week, 2 days ago

House debates whether to conduct caste census or caste survey

The Hindu  

The demand for conducting the caste census came to the fore yet again in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday. Responding to G K Mani’s demand to conduct caste census, Minister for Backward Classes Welfare Siva V. Meyyanathan reiterated it was the job of the Union government. Stalin had in October 2023 written to the Prime Minister calling for caste …

Telangana Caste Survey 2025: Data Transparency, Political Clashes, and the Future of BC Reservations
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Telangana Caste Survey 2025: Data Transparency, Political Clashes, and the Future of BC Reservations

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 11, 2025 12:52 IST - 13 MINS READ The Telangana government’s landmark caste survey has rekindled a discourse on social justice measures and reservation while simultaneously triggering intense political fights over who truly represents the interests of the backward classes in the State. “The BJP is fundamentally opposed to a caste census, and BRS leaders, including K. …

Consolidating the backward classes
1 month ago

Consolidating the backward classes

The Hindu  

After conducting a comprehensive survey to assess the socio, economic, educational, employment, political, and caste status of the people of Telangana, the Congress government is faced with the challenging task of consolidating its base among backward classes in the local body elections. Comparing the survey report with the Samagra Kutumba Survey, a household study conducted by the previous BRS government …

BJP spreading false propaganda on caste census, says Revanth Reddy
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP spreading false propaganda on caste census, says Revanth Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday accused the BJP of spreading false propaganda about caste census as it does not want to conduct census in the country. “I challenge former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Sanjay and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy to prove which house in which block was wrong done during the caste census. …

Karnataka Caste Census Report: Why Siddaramaiah’s Government Is Stalling
1 month, 1 week ago

Karnataka Caste Census Report: Why Siddaramaiah’s Government Is Stalling

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 22, 2025 13:36 IST - 5 MINS READ Over the past week, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been engaged in meetings with Ministers and various community leaders as part of pre-budget discussions leading up to the presentation of the Karnataka budget on March 7. Responding to this, Siddaramaiah stated, “The government has accepted the caste census report …

Telangana CM Revanth faces challenges on caste survey implementation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana CM Revanth faces challenges on caste survey implementation

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana government, headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, and which has just completed the comprehensive socio-economic, educational, employment, political, and caste survey in the state assembly on February 4, is now facing the biggest challenge of implementing the same. But prominent OBC leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP and national OBC welfare association president R Krishnaiah and former Telangana …

Caste census data will help in empowerment of BCs: Ponnam Prabhakar
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Caste census data will help in empowerment of BCs: Ponnam Prabhakar

The Hindu  

Minister for Backward Classes Welfare and Transport Ponnam Prabhakar has said that the recent caste census was conducted in a transparent manner with precision and its comprehensive data will help in devising effective policies for the welfare and empowerment of the backward classes and other marginalised communities. Speaking to the media here on Friday, the Minister hit out at the …

Rahul Gandhi’s controversial Telangana Caste Census: Unconstitutional Muslim classification, vote bank politics, and divisively polarising agenda
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi’s controversial Telangana Caste Census: Unconstitutional Muslim classification, vote bank politics, and divisively polarising agenda

Op India  

Rahul Gandhi’s government in Telangana conducted a caste survey in the months of November and December in 2024. Rahul Gandhi thundered in Lok Sabha how his government in Telangana finished a caste survey and shocking results came to light. Out of this, Rahul Gandhi’s government is claiming that 35,76,588 Muslims fall under the Backward Castes category. The summary report that …

Telangana must act on caste survey finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana must act on caste survey finds

New Indian Express  

Telangana’s caste survey has the potential to stir a hornet’s nest. Though the Congress government neither tabled the survey in the assembly nor made its contents public, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy gave a snapshot of the findings. The survey says the backward classes constitute 46.25 percent of the state’s population, scheduled castes 17.43 percent, scheduled tribes 10.45 percent, and other …

Maha Kumbh, COVID-19, And the Great Indian Habit of Miscounting
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maha Kumbh, COVID-19, And the Great Indian Habit of Miscounting

The Quint  

India is at once home to some of the world’s finest statistical institutions – ISI Kolkata, the Census Bureau, and top-tier mathematicians – while remaining strangely susceptible to miscounting. Joel Lee, in his book Deceptive Majority, reports how census enumerators nonchalantly miscount. In post-Independence India, the population of castes and sub-castes in official surveys became a site of political contestation, …

'Dividing society for political interests is nothing less than treason': Yogi Adityanath on caste census demand
2 months ago

'Dividing society for political interests is nothing less than treason': Yogi Adityanath on caste census demand

Firstpost  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cautioned the ‘followers of Sanatan Dharma’ to be wary of ’those trying to divide people’ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in an exclusive interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi at the Maha Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj, slammed efforts to divide the society. Adityanath was answering a question about the caste census proposed …

Rahul Gandhi calls 2023 Bihar caste census fake, sparks rift with ally RJD
2 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi calls 2023 Bihar caste census fake, sparks rift with ally RJD

Op India  

On Saturday, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, termed the caste census conducted in Bihar in 2023 as fake. #WATCH | Bihar: Speaking at the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' in Patna, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Caste census should be conducted to understand the true situation of the nation. But what I …

Nitish Kumar raised issue of caste census during INDIA bloc meetings, Rahul maintained silence: JD(U)
2 months, 1 week ago

Nitish Kumar raised issue of caste census during INDIA bloc meetings, Rahul maintained silence: JD(U)

The Hindu  

The Janata Dal on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisy on the issue of caste census, charging him with maintaining silence when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar raised the matter in INDIA bloc meetings. JD working president and MP Sanjay Jha's attack on the Congress leader came a day after Mr. Gandhi slammed the caste survey carried out …

Bihar caste survey fake, nation-wide census needed: Rahul Gandhi at Congress workers' meet
2 months, 1 week ago

Bihar caste survey fake, nation-wide census needed: Rahul Gandhi at Congress workers' meet

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Congress MP and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the caste-based survey conducted in Bihar was 'fake'. Addressing workers of Congress at the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' in the state capital, Rahul said that the Congress would ensure a nation-wide caste census at all costs. "We will ensure caste census even if we …

Rahul Gandhi's caste con-census in Karnataka
2 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi's caste con-census in Karnataka

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been vociferously demanding a caste survey of the entire nation for about a year now. While Rahul Gandhi has been prescribing an "X-ray" of the entire country through a caste census, his party has backtracked on releasing the X-ray report of Karnataka. Sources told India Today TV's Nagarjun Dwarkanath that Karnataka deputy chief minister DK …

Caste census: Political compulsion brings together Lingayats and Vokkaligas for a coordinated fight
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Caste census: Political compulsion brings together Lingayats and Vokkaligas for a coordinated fight

The Hindu  

The dominant land-owning communities of Vokkaligas and Veerashaiva-Lingayats in Karnataka, which are more often divided over the issue of power-sharing, seem to be coming together to fight the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey which is likely to be brought for discussion before the next Cabinet meeting. Driven by political compulsions, the much-contested caste census is expected to be discussed in the …

Analysing the 2023 caste-based Census of Bihar
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysing the 2023 caste-based Census of Bihar

The Hindu  

G. Z. Christophe and Himanshu. Why a caste-based Census The three broad administrative categories devised for affirmative action — Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes — group a multitude of diverse caste groups under generalised classifications. In this context — where concerns persist that certain castes may dominate and monopolise benefits, that additional castes may need inclusion, or …

Karnataka cabinet may discuss 'caste census' in next meeting, says Minister
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka cabinet may discuss 'caste census' in next meeting, says Minister

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday indicated the possibility of the Socio-Economic and Education Survey report, popularly known as the "caste census," being placed before the cabinet at its next meeting. The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, under its then Chairman K Jayaprakash Hegde, submitted the report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on February 29 …

Rahul Gandhi hails Telangana caste census progress, KTR raises Adani issue
4 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi hails Telangana caste census progress, KTR raises Adani issue

India Today  

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi said the caste census in Telangana, undertaken by the Congress-led government, has achieved significant progress. He added, “The Congress government in Telangana has shown the way, and we will ensure a comprehensive caste census is conducted at the national level.” àääàå‡àä²àä‚àä—àä¾àäèàä¾ àä®àå‡àä‚ àä¹àä®àä¾àä°àå€ àä¸àä°àä•àä¾àä° àäèàå‡ àäœàä¾àääàä¿àä—àää àä—àä¿àäèàääàå€ àä•àä¾ 70% àä¸àå‡ àäœàä¼àåàäïàä¾àäæàä¾ …

‘Socioeconomic equality is the key, not caste divisions, says Nitin Gadkari
4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Socioeconomic equality is the key, not caste divisions, says Nitin Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has expressed concerns about the opposition’s demand for a caste census, pointing out that backwardness has become an issue for political exploitation. Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in conversation with Sunetra Choudhury, national political editor, during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2024 The Bharatiya Janata Party …

Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys

The Hindu  

Last week’s launch of a caste survey in Telangana by the Congress government is a step towards fulfilling its 2023 Assembly poll promise. The Union government had also said that it had no proposal to make caste data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 public. In June, the Patna High Court struck down two Acts in Bihar, envisaging …

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asserted that a nationwide caste survey and the lifting of the Supreme Court's “arbitrary ceiling” of 50 per cent on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to its vision for the country. Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X that the party's …

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Saturday asserted that a nationwide caste survey and the lifting of the Supreme Court’s “arbitrary ceiling” of 50% on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to its vision for the country. Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X that the party's government in Telangana will …

YS Sharmila wants caste survey in Andhra Pradesh, says BJP promised so in 2017
4 months, 3 weeks ago

YS Sharmila wants caste survey in Andhra Pradesh, says BJP promised so in 2017

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila emphasised her party’s commitment toward “development of backward classes” and called for a caste census in the state. Sharmila, addressing the issue of caste representation in Andhra Pradesh, urged Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to carry out a caste-based survey in the state. She also referred to a 2017 promise made by senior …

T'gana BJP MLA asks Rahul Gandhi's 'religion' after Cong govt. begins caste survey
4 months, 3 weeks ago

T'gana BJP MLA asks Rahul Gandhi's 'religion' after Cong govt. begins caste survey

The Hindu  

Telangana BJP MLA A Maheshwar Reddy on Wednesday said the Congress government is trying to deceive the backward classes in the name of caste survey. Taking strong exception to the BJP MLA’s comments on Gandhi, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president B Mahesh Kumar Goud asked whether Maheshwar Reddy was not aware of Gandhi's caste when he was in Congress. Talking …

Congress Leader Calls for Nationwide Caste Census to Uncover Deepest Layers of Discrimination
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Leader Calls for Nationwide Caste Census to Uncover Deepest Layers of Discrimination

Deccan Chronicle  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi advocates for a national caste census in India, highlighting the deep-rooted caste-based discrimination affecting people's lives, careers, and faith in the nation. He argues that caste discrimination exists in every corner of India and must be revealed and addressed to foster inclusive governance. Gandhi also emphasizes the need for transparency and accountability in the census process, …

Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi Promises Comprehensive Caste Census in Telangana, Aims to Make State a Model for the Country
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi Promises Comprehensive Caste Census in Telangana, Aims to Make State a Model for the Country

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed his full commitment to ensuring a caste census in Telangana and making the state a model for caste census in the country. He also asserted that caste discrimination in India was unique and probably among the worst in the world and will demolish artificial barriers of 50 per cent reservations in the country.

Census Sparks Debate: Need for Precise Data on Other Backward Classes
5 months ago

Census Sparks Debate: Need for Precise Data on Other Backward Classes

New Indian Express  

The 2025 Census in India is facing controversy due to the demand for a caste census. The opposition has launched a campaign for counting the numbers of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), while parties such as Janata Dal and Lok Janshakti Party support the central government's efforts to rectify an alleged imbalance in caste and sub-caste data. The 2025 census gives …

Census to Include Sects and Castes: A Shift in the Ten-Year Cycle
5 months ago

Census to Include Sects and Castes: A Shift in the Ten-Year Cycle

India Today  

The next nationwide census in India will begin in 2025 and conclude in 2026, marking a shift in the cycle from every ten years to every five years. This expansion will include expanded data collection on religion, sect, and other categories, with a focus on providing essential data to empower the underprivileged. The census will also gather crucial data on …

Express Dialogues | Caste a reality in India, surveys needed till we attain equality: Former KSCBC chairman Kantharaj
5 months ago

Express Dialogues | Caste a reality in India, surveys needed till we attain equality: Former KSCBC chairman Kantharaj

New Indian Express  

The report has become a subject of political debate. Social backwardness automatically tells that one is economically backward. Even in the Constitution, the words are clearly used “who are socially and educationally backward”, not economically backward. The report details how many people have bank accounts and ration cards. A person who is from a backward class, but has a good …

DC Edit | RSS backing caste census spells a problem for BJP
6 months, 3 weeks ago

DC Edit | RSS backing caste census spells a problem for BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

The cautious clearance that the BJP’s ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has given to the idea of conducting a caste-based census nevertheless puts it in a serious dilemma. Despite consistent opposition to the idea by the BJP, voiced by its senior leaders including Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the RSS, after a just-concluded brainstorming session in Kerala, greenlighted …

BJP Faces Dilemma Over RSS-endorsed Caste Census
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Faces Dilemma Over RSS-endorsed Caste Census

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP seems to be caught in a dilemma after the RSS gave a green signal to a nationwide caste census, an issue that is being raised by the Congress time and again. While the BJP is maintaining a stoic silence after the RSS indicated that the caste census “could be carried out for the betterment of the …

Will force BJP, RSS leaders to conduct caste census: Lalu Prasad Yadav
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Will force BJP, RSS leaders to conduct caste census: Lalu Prasad Yadav

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said that the Opposition will force Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to conduct a caste census. Taking to X on Tuesday, Mr. Prasad said, “We will work up the BJP and the RSS and get them to do the caste census. On September 1, RJD organised a statewide dharna demanding …

Lalu Yadav on caste census: ‘Will hold RSS, BJP by ear, make them do sit-ups’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lalu Yadav on caste census: ‘Will hold RSS, BJP by ear, make them do sit-ups’

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday declared that the opposition would compel the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, to conduct a caste census. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav holds a mic while RJD Chief Lalu Prasad addresses party workers during 28th foundation of Rashtriya Janata Dal, at the party office …

OPINION | Caste Census: Why did RSS propose?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | Caste Census: Why did RSS propose?

India TV News  

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the ideological mentor of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Monday clearly indicated its support to the caste census, but added a rider saying that the census should not be used as ‘a political tool.’ At the end of the three-day Samanwaya Baithak between RSS and its frontline outfits, Sunil Ambekar, prachar pramukh of RSS told a press conference: …

Kerala: RSS in support of caste census, but with a rider
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: RSS in support of caste census, but with a rider

New Indian Express  

PALAKKAD: In a clear message to the BJP which is yet to declare its stance on the contentious caste census issue, the RSS said on Monday that it has no objection to collecting data on specific communities or castes to ensure effective delivery of social welfare schemes. However, the Sangh Parivar fountainhead added a rider: “Don’t use the census data …

RSS backs caste census for welfare, says ‘don’t politicise’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

RSS backs caste census for welfare, says ‘don’t politicise’

Hindustan Times  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Monday expressed its support for the caste census for “welfare activities” but warned that it should not be used as a “political tool”. RSS backs caste census for welfare, says ‘don’t politicise’ The RSS feels that, for all welfare activities, particularly those for communities or castes which are lagging and who need special attention. He …

RSS Backs Caste Census, But With Conditions As Congress Accuses It Of Opposing Move
6 months, 3 weeks ago

RSS Backs Caste Census, But With Conditions As Congress Accuses It Of Opposing Move

ABP News  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh expressed its support on Monday for collecting data on specific communities or castes, provided that the information is utilised solely for their welfare and not manipulated for political purposes. Ambekar's remarks come in the wake of opposition parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and other INDIA bloc allies, campaigning for a caste census to inform effective …

RSS supports caste census but warns against 'political use'
6 months, 3 weeks ago

RSS supports caste census but warns against 'political use'

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Monday backed the caste census saying it should be handled with seriousness, not merely for elections or politics. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been demanding caste census, claiming that 90 percent of India's population is not a part of the system. Recently, 'Mood of the Nation' survey conducted by CVoter for India …

Oppn, NDA ally ask Parl’s OBC panel to discuss caste census
7 months ago

Oppn, NDA ally ask Parl’s OBC panel to discuss caste census

Hindustan Times  

Opposition parties and National Democratic Alliance member Janata Dal have asked the parliamentary committee on welfare of other backward classes to discuss the caste census, people aware of the matter said on Thursday, marking a major push for a contentious issue that was a central narratives in the recently concluded general elections. According to functionaries cited above, the 30-member panel …

'India's order has come': Rahul Gandhi on caste census after survey shows rising support
7 months ago

'India's order has come': Rahul Gandhi on caste census after survey shows rising support

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday threw down the gauntlet to the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, asserting that no power can halt the caste census after a survey suggested that 74% of the population was in its favour. Referring to India Today's ‘Mood of The Nation’ survey, Gandhi added, “Hindustan's order has come - Soon 90% of Indians will support …

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice
7 months ago

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government quickly scrapped a proposal to induct mid-level officials into the bureaucracy through lateral entry to counter the Opposition’s allegations of “ending reservations.” However, it is clear that Congress would continue to place social justice as the centrepiece of its politics. On Saturday, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, positioned caste census as an …

‘No Miss India from Dalits, tribals or OBC communities,’ says Rahul Gandhi in caste census push
7 months ago

‘No Miss India from Dalits, tribals or OBC communities,’ says Rahul Gandhi in caste census push

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated his demand for a nationwide caste census by claiming 90 percent of the country's people are sitting out of the system, and the step should be taken in their interest. Gandhi also said that the caste census is the foundation and a tool for policy making for the Congress party if it comes …

‘90% people sitting out of system’: Rahul Gandhi's fresh caste census demand
7 months ago

‘90% people sitting out of system’: Rahul Gandhi's fresh caste census demand

Hindustan Times  

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated the demand for a caste census, claiming that 90 per cent of India's population is not a part of the system. Addressing the ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammelan’ in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, the former Congress chief said,"Ninety per cent of people are sitting outside the system, they have skills and knowledge …

Emerging dimensions of caste politics in India
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Emerging dimensions of caste politics in India

Hindustan Times  

The discourse on the politics of caste in India seems stuck in the binary of supporting or opposing caste-based reservations. The third phase of reservation politics has already begun with quota benefits to economically weaker sections and political mobilisation around conducting a caste census. In some ways, the mobilisation around social groups in India is a result of political competition …

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Caste Aspersions’: Here’s The Congress Strategy Behind Halwa Ceremony Bitter Note
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Caste Aspersions’: Here’s The Congress Strategy Behind Halwa Ceremony Bitter Note

News 18  

The Congress has struck a bitter note in the halwa ceremony before the Budget presentation, with Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi raising the issue of caste of the officers seen with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Senior Congress leader and Rahul Gandhi’s mother Sonia Gandhi hit out at the BJP saying: “It is clear that the government has no intention whatsoever to …

Will BJP reverse stand on caste census after electoral setbacks?
8 months, 1 week ago

Will BJP reverse stand on caste census after electoral setbacks?

New Indian Express  

Demand for reservations In 2022, the government of Bihar undertook a noteworthy initiative by conducting a caste-based survey, an effort that cost nearly Rs 5 billion from its contingency fund. The findings revealed a significant demographic composition: Other Backward Classes constituted 27%, and Extremely Backward Classes 36%, together accounting for over 63% of Bihar's population. On November 9, 2023, the …

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