Bihar survey exposes disparities among OBCs
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar survey exposes disparities among OBCs

Hindustan Times  

The economic truths revealed by the Bihar caste survey data are more telling than whatever political significance the findings may have. The socio-economic data in the survey suggests that Bihar now needs a larger dose of development, not more of identity-centric politics, which has shaped the state’s governance priorities in the last three decades or so. The state needs to plan multi-pronged socio-economic strategies to distribute resources and opportunities horizontally so that they reach all needy and eligible groups, particularly the numerically small groups among OBCs and EBCs. He harped on the deep sense of deprivation among EBC communities by talking about how a few dominant OBC groups have monopolised reservation and political office. The data in the Bihar caste survey is likely to provide statistical backing for the BJP’s outreach to EBC communities by pitting them against politically dominant OBCs.

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Modi government launched several welfare schemes to realise Ambedkar's vision for poor: Details
5 days, 23 hours ago

Modi government launched several welfare schemes to realise Ambedkar's vision for poor: Details

India TV News  

Dr BR Ambedkar, the architect of India’s Constitution, envisioned a society that promotes social and economic equality, particularly for the marginalised and backward classes. The government of India has undertaken several impactful initiatives to empower Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities, focusing on education, economic development, social welfare, and legal protections. • The National SC/ST Hub aims to enhance the …

Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys
1 month, 1 week 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 …

'STs, SCs, OBCs form 90 pc of population but lack visibility in govt institutions': Rahul Gandhi in Jharkhand
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'STs, SCs, OBCs form 90 pc of population but lack visibility in govt institutions': Rahul Gandhi in Jharkhand

India TV News  

In a charged rally at Baghmara in Dhanbad, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made a series of bold pledges aimed at addressing economic and social inequalities as he reached out to Jharkhand’s Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. Gandhi highlighted the significant underrepresentation of these communities in government institutions, despite making up around …

Revanth Reddy interview | ‘There are financial constraints, but I am definitely going to implement all the promises that have been made to the people’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Revanth Reddy interview | ‘There are financial constraints, but I am definitely going to implement all the promises that have been made to the people’

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has asserted that the data of the ongoing socio-economic caste survey across the State will be made public barring the personal information of individuals as part of the privacy norms. The government plans to take Metro services in the third phase to Future City, Kompally and Medchal in the Northern part of Hyderabad, the Chief …

Bihar is in need of an economic plan to escape its ‘sub-Saharan India’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bihar is in need of an economic plan to escape its ‘sub-Saharan India’

Live Mint  

At India’s independence, an explicit government objective was to have a more egalitarian society, coupled with balanced development of different regions; active state intervention was envisaged to reduce disparities. India’s Freight Equalization Scheme introduced in 1952, which aimed to promote even industrial development by subsidizing long-distance transport of key inputs such as iron and steel, possibly contributed to this divergence. …

DC Edit | RSS backing caste census spells a problem for BJP
3 months, 2 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 …

Emerging dimensions of caste politics in India
4 months, 1 week 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 …

State proposes increase in OBC non-creamy layer income limit to ₹15 lakh per annum
5 months, 1 week ago

State proposes increase in OBC non-creamy layer income limit to ₹15 lakh per annum

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Taking a cue from the poor response from Other Backward Classes voters in the 2024-Lok Sabha elections, Mahayuti, the state’s ruling alliance, is set to woo back its traditional OBC base with a proposal to increase the non-creamy layer income cap from ₹8 lakh to ₹15 lakh a year. HT Image To avail of OBC reservation and schemes, a …

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results

Hindustan Times  

Most exit polls have predicted a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance. The BJP surged ahead of the Congress in terms of vote share among upper castes in the 1996 elections. In 1996, the BJP’s vote share among OBC, SC and ST groups was 54%, 40% and 60% of its support among non SC-ST-OBC voters. …

38 Muslim sub-castes in Uttar Pradesh’s OBC quota, Yogi govt mulling a change
6 months, 3 weeks ago

38 Muslim sub-castes in Uttar Pradesh’s OBC quota, Yogi govt mulling a change

Hindustan Times  

The issue of extending Other Backward Classes reservation to Muslims is currently a hot topic, especially with the Bharatiya Janata Party strongly against it. In Uttar Pradesh, socially and educationally backward Muslim sub-castes started getting the OBC quota benefits when the OBC reservation came into being in the state in 1977. In Uttar Pradesh, a state ruled by the BJP, …

India needs a reliable database to aim its welfare schemes better
7 months, 3 weeks ago

India needs a reliable database to aim its welfare schemes better

Live Mint  

Of every rupee spent in the name of the poor, only 15 paise goes to poor households, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi once observed, drawing attention to widespread leakages in India’s welfare programmes. Even critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledge his government’s ability to aim welfare spending towards the deserving. Almost all of the Modi government’s flagship welfare schemes …

Caste census lessons for new government in Bihar
10 months ago

Caste census lessons for new government in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar caste census has been an eye-opener in many ways. Thus, in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2025 Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections, the BJP-JD government will be challenged by the Opposition to not abandon the cause of inclusive development. Bihar’s net per capita income is the lowest in India, at just ₹47,000 vis-à-vis ₹4.7 lakh for …

OBC, Dalit, Tribal Are 73%, But None Among Top 200 Firms in India Owned by Them: Rahul Gandhi
10 months ago

OBC, Dalit, Tribal Are 73%, But None Among Top 200 Firms in India Owned by Them: Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the OBC, Dalit and tribal constitute 73 per cent of the population but not even one of the top 200 companies in India is owned by them.Addressing a gathering during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra here, he said a caste census is an X-ray of the country which would "reveal everything". "Caste …

Decades of caste politics scuttled Bihar's growth story: Report
1 year ago

Decades of caste politics scuttled Bihar's growth story: Report

Op India  

Caste-based census data was released in Bihar amid an atmosphere of celebration among the supporters of RJD and JDU, the two main ruling parties of Bihar. However, despite this initial disparity, Bihar exhibited a robust average annual per capita GDP growth rate of 5.1%, outpacing Odisha’s slower growth rate of 1.4%. Consequently, due to Bihar’s significant economic growth throughout the …

KCR is against to dalit community-BSP Chief Mayavati
1 year, 1 month ago

KCR is against to dalit community-BSP Chief Mayavati

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was against the Dalit people and was treating the community as a vote bank while trying to suppress them politically, alleged Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati. Speaking at an election campaign meeting in support of BSP candidate Dasari Usha from Peddapalli, Mayawati said that it was because of the Indian Constitution written by Dr …

Caste Survey | In Bihar, an arithmetic of caste and politics of numbers
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste Survey | In Bihar, an arithmetic of caste and politics of numbers

Hindustan Times  

The caste census in Bihar is possibly the first comprehensive and public exercise to enumerate caste groups and ascertain their socio-economic profile in Independent India. The decennial All India Census counts castes within the Scheduled Caste category and the National Sample Survey Office includes the Other Backward Classes castes in its data, but neither provides figures of individual castes across …

Bihar Assembly Greenlights Historic Reservation Hike to 65% for SCs, STs, OBCs, EBCs
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar Assembly Greenlights Historic Reservation Hike to 65% for SCs, STs, OBCs, EBCs

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: The Bihar assembly on Thursday approved a hike in reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Castes and Extremely Backward Castes from the current 50 per cent to 65 per cent. Based on the findings of the caste-based survey, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recommended a hike in the reservation of OBCs and EBCs to 43 per cent, …

Politics as unusual: Who’s afraid of an all-India caste X-ray?
1 year, 1 month ago

Politics as unusual: Who’s afraid of an all-India caste X-ray?

Live Mint  

The politics of social justice has long held salience in India as an echo of the ‘class struggle’ of leftist extraction. By one reckoning, how contestable key swing seats prove in a pivotal belt of the country could depend on vote shifts among caste groups classified as Other Backward Classes. Little wonder that calls have arisen from the Congress and …

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: The recent announcement by the Nitish Kumar government to hike reservation to 75% in Bihar based on the findings of the caste survey presented before the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, has infused new energy into the run-up to the 2024 general elections. There is no monolithic cultural category and that will set new political trends with a demand …

Bihar caste survey decoded: Data reveals alarming poverty, job challenges
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar caste survey decoded: Data reveals alarming poverty, job challenges

Live Mint  

The caste survey report in Bihar, which was tabled in the Assembly by Parliamentary Affairs Department Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday, has revealed alarming data on the jobs and poverty challenges in the state. According to the Bihar caste survey, 34.1 per cent of Bihar’s households are poor and only 1.57 per cent which is 2,049,370 of the state’s …

Bihar: Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation quota from 50% to 75% after caste survey results
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar: Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation quota from 50% to 75% after caste survey results

Op India  

On 7th November, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar presented a detailed report of the caste-based census in the Legislative Assembly. While tabling the detailed caste census report in the state assembly, he said, “Quotas for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes need to be raised. According to the caste survey, Yadavs have the highest population among OBCs and …

Bihar releases fresh caste survey data, says 33% OBCs, 42% SCs are poor
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar releases fresh caste survey data, says 33% OBCs, 42% SCs are poor

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: Nearly 33% of people from the backward classes and the extremely backward classes in Bihar are poor, according to the socio-economic data of the caste survey tabled by the Bihar government in the state assembly on Tuesday. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav According to the data, the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes were …

Bihar Caste Survey's social and economic data released: Check status of major castes
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar Caste Survey's social and economic data released: Check status of major castes

India TV News  

Bihar caste survey: The Bihar government on Tuesday provided data on the social and economic status of people on the basis of a recently conducted caste survey in the state. Bhumihars poorest followed by Brahmins There are at least 8,38,447 families that belong to the Bhumihar caste, out of which 2,31,211 belong to the economically weak category, the state government's …

42% from Scheduled Castes, 25% from General poor, Bihar caste survey shows
1 year, 1 month ago

42% from Scheduled Castes, 25% from General poor, Bihar caste survey shows

India Today  

The full report describing the economic condition of 215 Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes and the second part of the data from the Bihar government's caste-based survey was tabled in the Bihar Assembly today. According to the report, over 42 per cent of Bihar families from Scheduled Castes are poor while 25 per cent of …

Law doesn’t bar states from counting castes
1 year, 1 month ago

Law doesn’t bar states from counting castes

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar caste survey has revealed the ground realities of the social fabric. The Mandal Commission report had a chapter on “the social dynamics of caste” recording that notwithstanding public declarations condemning caste, it has remained a significant basis of action in politics and decision-making of governments. The challenge in courts to the caste census has been on two grounds: …

In Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi does OBC outreach and offers a bundle of promises
1 year, 1 month ago

In Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi does OBC outreach and offers a bundle of promises

The Hindu  

Free education in government institutions, an annual ₹4,000 assistance for those who collect tendu leaves and farm loan waiver are among the several sops announced by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, even as he kept his focus on the party’s OBC outreach with the promise of a caste-based survey for the State. Addressing election rallies …

Bihar’s caste survey can spark a new political consciousness
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar’s caste survey can spark a new political consciousness

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 9 MINS READ The last four decades of economic liberalisation have created new sectors of employment and entrepreneurship, produced a significant urban middle class, and expanded the Indian diaspora of engineers, technicians, and other professionals in developed countries. The BJP’s current political assertion and electoral success in north Indian States has been …

INTERVIEW | Akhilesh Yadav: ‘Reservation has to be on the basis of caste, not poverty’
1 year, 2 months ago

INTERVIEW | Akhilesh Yadav: ‘Reservation has to be on the basis of caste, not poverty’

The Hindu  

The president of the Samajwadi Party believes a caste census would lead to equal opportunity and representation in politics and policymaking. As INDIA alliance parties raise the pitch for OBC politics, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is confident that a social coalition of the backward classes, Dalits, and the minorities will turn the tide against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, …

Bihar caste survey results challenge BJP’s Hindutva unity narrative
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey results challenge BJP’s Hindutva unity narrative

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 17 MINS READ In the 1960s, Ram Manohar Lohia of the Samyukta Socialist Party coined the slogan: Sansopa ne baandhi gaanth, Pichchde paaven sau me saat, Raj paat hai kiske haath, Angrezi aur unchi jaath With the Bihar government, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a Lohiaite, releasing its caste survey data …

Bihar caste survey: ruling parties reach out to EBC, OBC, SC communities, spread awareness
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey: ruling parties reach out to EBC, OBC, SC communities, spread awareness

The Hindu  

To create awareness about the recently released caste survey report in Bihar, separate teams of ruling coalition partners Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal have begun visiting different Assembly constituencies, for mass public interactions ahead of the upcoming general election next year. “The EBC cell of the RJD, armed with the caste survey, is already holding small meetings at block …

A key step by Bihar to promote better social justice
1 year, 2 months ago

A key step by Bihar to promote better social justice

The Hindu  

There are certain dates which acquire greater significance by a stroke of history, and October 2, 2023 is one such date — a day when the Bihar government released the data for a caste-based survey, known as the Bihar Jaati Adharit Ganana. Caste discrimination often leads to economic disparities, with certain caste groups facing limited access to education and employment …

The case for caste census in India | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

The case for caste census in India | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: After the publication of a caste survey in Bihar, which found that 63% of Bihar’s 13 crore population belong to castes listed under the Extremely Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes categories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised and rejected the demand for a nationwide caste census made by Congress and several other Opposition parties. The commission …

Socio-economic data collected during caste survey to be tabled in Bihar assembly
1 year, 2 months ago

Socio-economic data collected during caste survey to be tabled in Bihar assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that the detailed caste survey report, including socio-economic data, would be tabled in the Bihar Assembly during the forthcoming Winter Session of the House. Now, we will place the details of the survey report, including the socio-economic data, in the state Assembly and any future action will be decided after taking feedback …

Supreme Court Questions Bihar Government on Caste Survey Data Publication
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Questions Bihar Government on Caste Survey Data Publication

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to restrain the Bihar government from publishing more data from its caste survey, stating that it cannot stop any state from making policy decisions. Bhatti issued a formal notice on a batch of pleas challenging the Patna High Court order, dated August 1, which gave the go-ahead for the caste survey in …

Supreme Court refuses to stay Bihar caste census, says it can't stop govt from taking a decision
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay Bihar caste census, says it can't stop govt from taking a decision

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay Bihar caste census which had stated that state’s total population stood at a little over 13.07 crore. What was the survey The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released findings of its survey months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of …

Equality and identity: The Hindu Editorial on the findings of the Bihar caste count
1 year, 2 months ago

Equality and identity: The Hindu Editorial on the findings of the Bihar caste count

The Hindu  

The significance of Bihar conducting a caste survey and publishing a caste-wise count of its population is quite immense. The survey, which had all the trappings of a census, complete with a two-stage process of house-listing followed by the eliciting of information from the households, has shown that 63% of Bihar’s 13 crore population belong to castes listed under the …

The Bihar caste survey marks a big step towards a reality check
1 year, 2 months ago

The Bihar caste survey marks a big step towards a reality check

Live Mint  

On 2 October, the Bihar government released estimates of the state’s population by sub-castes as part of the caste survey it conducted this year. Comparative estimates of Bihar’s major caste groups from the 1931 census, the last all-India headcount that collected sub-caste data, suggest a near century of relative stability as far as the shares of various sub-castes go, with …

What the caste survey means for Nitish-Lalu, and the BJP
1 year, 2 months ago

What the caste survey means for Nitish-Lalu, and the BJP

Hindustan Times  

The caste survey report conducted by the Bihar government and released earlier this week, in all probability is an indicator of another social churning in the state. “The impact of the caste survey would be discernible in the months to come as it has provided the actual numerical strength of caste groups, which could create a new set of leaders …

Differing views on impact of caste survey findings in Karnataka
1 year, 2 months ago

Differing views on impact of caste survey findings in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Several leaders within the Congress raised a demand for the release of the report, following the footsteps of the Bihar government. As pressure builds on the Congress government in Karnataka to release a socio-economic survey report, commonly referred to as the ‘caste survey,’ party leaders and political observers are divided on the electoral implications of the findings of the …

The impact of the Bihar caste survey | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

The impact of the Bihar caste survey | Explained

The Hindu  

October 04, 2023 10:41 pm | Updated October 05, 2023 12:10 am IST The story so far: On October 2, the Bihar government published the ‘Bihar Caste-based Survey 2022’, which shows that extremely backward classes and other backward classes together add up to nearly 63% of the 13-crore population, making it the largest caste group in the State. Yes, the …

Just counting castes not enough, reveal findings of socio-economic survey as well: RLJD leader Upendra Kushwaha
1 year, 2 months ago

Just counting castes not enough, reveal findings of socio-economic survey as well: RLJD leader Upendra Kushwaha

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal leader Upendra Kushwaha, an ally of the ruling National Democratic Alliance, has demanded the release of the findings of the Bihar socio-economic survey — which was conducted alongside the caste survey whose results have caused a furore since it was made public — arguing that this would provide a “full picture” to policy framers to address …

BJP today has both ‘Mandal’ and ‘Kamandal’: Sushil Modi
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP today has both ‘Mandal’ and ‘Kamandal’: Sushil Modi

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi said that the BJP is no longer viewed as the party of upper castes and the upper middle class and that it receives the support of those following both ‘Mandal’ and ‘Kamandal’ ideologies. BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi In an interview for HT’s podcast First …

Why Bihar caste survey is useless without economic data
1 year, 2 months ago

Why Bihar caste survey is useless without economic data

India Today  

The Bihar government, under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, revealed the results of the caste survey on Gandhi Jayanti. "Until all the data related to the survey is presented before political parties in a transparent manner, the findings of the caste survey are meaningless," BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha said. Unless the caste data is interpreted with the economic figures, the …

BJP raises questions about Bihar caste census
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP raises questions about Bihar caste census

Deccan Chronicle  

PATNA: A day after the Bihar government released the caste survey report the opposition BJP raised questions on the procedure of the exercise. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called an all-party meeting to discuss the facts and figures of the caste-based survey on Tuesday. The grand alliance partner RJD has called the caste survey report “historic” and promised to carry …

A national caste census looks all but inevitable
1 year, 2 months ago

A national caste census looks all but inevitable

Live Mint  

The term ‘historic’ may have lost its punch from overuse, but Bihar’s caste count will qualify if it revives the Mandal movement in Indian politics and forces a quota policy rejig. With our democracy’s dynamics shaped by shifts in OBC support and a popular appetite for data whetted by hot news of Bihar’s caste break-up, an all-India caste census looks …

Uttar Pradesh’s OBC population estimated at over 50%
1 year, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh’s OBC population estimated at over 50%

Hindustan Times  

Amid the caste census demand, other backward classes in Uttar Pradesh are estimated to be over 50% of the state’s total population, according to estimates drawn from the data relied on by the Hukum Singh committee that was set up by the state government in 2001. Though no authentic data of a caste wise break of the OBC population was …

Bihar caste-based census news: CM Nitish Kumar calls an all-party meeting
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste-based census news: CM Nitish Kumar calls an all-party meeting

Live Mint  

A day after releasing data from a caste-based census in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all-party meeting to discuss the results of the survey and deliberate on the next course of action. 2)The survey also stated that Yadavs, the OBC group to which Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav belongs, was the largest in terms of the population, …

Bihar’s political arithmetic in the aftermath of the caste-based survey
1 year, 2 months ago

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 …

In PM's remarks on caste census, BJP's aggressive poll strategy: Sources
1 year, 2 months ago

In PM's remarks on caste census, BJP's aggressive poll strategy: Sources

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of "dividing" Hindus after the Bihar government's caste census findings were announced. Sources said that BJP would rake up the caste census findings to attack Congress ahead of polls, adding that the saffron party does not want an eventuality where Hindu votes are divided due to the caste survey. Bihar caste …

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