Chhattisgarh election: Caste count plank adds new strand to key battle
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh election: Caste count plank adds new strand to key battle

Hindustan Times  

Dappled slats of sunlight filtered through flecks of dust and soot warm Kunti Devi’s humble tea shop at the kachha crossroads outside Tundri village. Then one man mentions the Congress’s repeated refrain on the campaign trail of a nationwide caste census and the tempo abruptly dips. In this confusion playing out in the flatlands of Chhattisgarh days before a crucial round of polls lie the possibilities and pitfalls of the Congress’s emerging strategy around projecting a nationwide caste census as a major election issue. Over the next week, HT will profile four prominent backward caste groups from each of the four major poll-bound states to explore how this issue is shaping up on the ground, In Chhattisgarh, where the Congress has repeatedly promised a caste survey if it retains power, the Sahus are the biggest OBC group. “The major issue is corruption here.The caste survey will only divide the society and people understand this,” said BJP spokesperson Sachchidanand Upasane.

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Need caste survey to ensure proportionate reservation: JKPCC chief Karra
1 week, 6 days ago

Need caste survey to ensure proportionate reservation: JKPCC chief Karra

Hindustan Times  

The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit president Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday said a caste survey is needed to give proportionate reservation to various underprivileged sections of the society. JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra “We believe that reservation distribution should be on the basis of justice but for that it is necessary to have a caste census,” Karra told reporters …

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 …

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base
1 month, 1 week ago

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have stepped up efforts to strengthen their campaign to coalesce Hindu voters and prevent a split on caste lines in poll-bound Jharkhand and Maharashtra, people aware of the details said. A senior BJP leader said the campaign, which has seen terse messaging from party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra …

Rajnath Singh attacks Rahul Gandhi for caste census promise, says Cong misleads people
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rajnath Singh attacks Rahul Gandhi for caste census promise, says Cong misleads people

Deccan Chronicle  

Ranchi: Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for promising of caste census if Congress is voted to power, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday accused the party of misleading people and wondered why it did not carry out the exercise when the grand old party ruled the country. According to the social welfare ministry, there were around 1200 Scheduled Castes, over …

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

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 …

BJP Faces Dilemma Over RSS-endorsed Caste Census
3 months, 2 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 …

RSS Backs Caste Census, But With Conditions As Congress Accuses It Of Opposing Move
3 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'
3 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 …

The fine print of Karnataka caste census
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The fine print of Karnataka caste census

Hindustan Times  

The submission of what is popularly called the caste census in Karnataka just before the parliamentary elections has brought to the fore the two very different poll strategies of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The submission of the caste census provided the BJP with a significant issue to demonstrate its support for the two dominant castes. Voters who …

Caste survey report puts Siddaramaiah in a fix
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Caste survey report puts Siddaramaiah in a fix

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah appears to have opened a Pandora’s box by finally accepting the socio-economic and education survey, generally known as caste survey report, as leaders from his own party belonging to dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities questioned the caste survey submitted to the CM on Thursday. Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission chairman K Jayaprakash Hegde submitted a …

Karnataka: Panel all set to submit caste survey report
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Panel all set to submit caste survey report

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes is all set to submit the much-awaited report on the socio-economic education survey, also known as caste survey, to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday. Successive governments, including Siddaramaiah’s, had dragged their feet on accepting the report that had been mired in controversies. The report is coming at a time when the Congress …

BJP spruces up poll apparatus with major focus on Hindi belt
11 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP spruces up poll apparatus with major focus on Hindi belt

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With an eye on the forthcoming general election, the BJP has begun sprucing up its organisational apparatus. Responding to the agency's questionnaire, 38 per cent of voters in Chhattisgarh, 39 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and 51 per cent in Rajasthan seemed to be “fully satisfied” with the performance of the Modi government in the last five years. …

Caste census not done systematically, fresh survey should be done: Yediyurappa
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Caste census not done systematically, fresh survey should be done: Yediyurappa

Hindustan Times  

Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said state's Socio-Economic and Education Survey, popularly known as the "caste census," was not done systematically, and urged the Congress government in Karnataka to get a fresh survey done and present the facts before the people. Caste census not done systematically, fresh survey should be done: Yediyurappa Karnataka's two dominant communities -- …

Caste survey will do no good, will aggravate inequality: RSS
1 year ago

Caste survey will do no good, will aggravate inequality: RSS

Hindustan Times  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh does not support the demand of a nationwide caste census, its functionary Shridhar Ghadge said on Tuesday, adding that caste-based enumeration would exacerbate societal inequalities in the country. Union home minister Amit Shah had last month said that the BJP has never opposed the idea of caste census, but a decision in this regard would be …

Chhattisgarh | The windfall state
1 year ago

Chhattisgarh | The windfall state

India Today  

Every once in a while comes an election in India that tests the limits of psephology. The comfortably placed Congress led by Bhupesh Baghel, which had been voted to power with the most comprehensive mandate in the state’s history, saw a chastening defeat at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a party that had ruled Chhattisgarh for 15 years …

How important was the Chhattisgarhi identity for voters?
1 year ago

How important was the Chhattisgarhi identity for voters?

The Hindu  

One of the ways Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel sought to counter the BJP was by trying to forge a distinct ‘Chhattisgarhi identity’ among voters in the State. Despite Mr. Baghel’s efforts, voters remained divided about which party worked more for promoting ‘Chhattisgarhi identity’. The BJP therefore was successful in preventing the Congress for gaining any decisive traction among voters who …

In Chhattisgarh, lack of jobs, price rise, and corruption bring down Congress government
1 year ago

In Chhattisgarh, lack of jobs, price rise, and corruption bring down Congress government

The Hindu  

The scale of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in Chhattisgarh caught many observers by surprise, especially since many exit polls had projected either a tough fight or a Congress victory. While the BJP registered a four-fold increase in the number of seats won since the last election, the Congress’s tally reduced by nearly half. Unemployment, price rise, and corruption went …

Chhattisgarh election Phase 2 updates | 68.15% voter turnout recorded
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh election Phase 2 updates | 68.15% voter turnout recorded

The Hindu  

The second phase of polling in Chhattisgarh, to its 90-seat Assembly on November 17, was held in 70 Assembly constituencies spread over 22 districts in the State. Polling was held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for nine polling booths in the Naxal-affected Bindranawagarh seat in Rajim district, where voting was held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. A …

Caste survey pledge adds a new poll edge in Madhya Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste survey pledge adds a new poll edge in Madhya Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Then 17 years old, Jatav spent the spring of 2018 fretting about having done poorly in his school-leaving examinations, alternating between the possibility of spending another year in the grimy concrete cubbyhole that was his local school, and the opportunity of bunking yet more soporific morning classes to watch Bollywood movies. I can never forget it.” It is this chasm …

In Madhya Pradesh, no groundswell in support of Congress’ caste survey pitch
1 year, 1 month ago

In Madhya Pradesh, no groundswell in support of Congress’ caste survey pitch

The Hindu  

An alaav is lit around 9 p.m. outside a dhaba in Shahpur of Betul district with some men gathered around it. It can get really ugly.” Dubbed as the party’s “primary agenda” for the November 17 Assembly polls, the top leadership of the Congress has promised a caste-based population survey if voted to power in Madhya Pradesh. It will only …

Amidst caste census row, BJP attempts to stitch a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance
1 year, 1 month ago

Amidst caste census row, BJP attempts to stitch a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party, smarting from a humiliating Assembly poll defeat in Karnataka, is trying to script a comeback by stitching a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance which in the past has proved electorally formidable. This ensured the defeat of Congress in 2018,” said a senior BJP party strategist, adding that a lot also depends on how Karnataka government and Congress handles the …

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 …

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls November 7 Phase 1 updates | State records 70.87% turnout until 5 p.m.
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls November 7 Phase 1 updates | State records 70.87% turnout until 5 p.m.

The Hindu  

In the first round of polling in Chhattisgarh, to its 90-seat Assembly on November 7, the State recorded 70.87% voter turnout until 5 p.m. As many as 5,304 polling booths were set up covering 20 Assembly seats. In the first phase, the political fate of 223 candidates, including 25 women, will be decided by over 40 lakh voters, who voted …

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: First phase voting for 20 seats today | Know key players, poll issues
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: First phase voting for 20 seats today | Know key players, poll issues

India TV News  

The first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections for 20 seats, including several in the Naxal-affected Bastar division, will be held on Tuesday. Key seats and candidates in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections include: Rajnandgaon: Former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh is contesting from this seat, with Congress' Giris Devangan as his rival. In the 2018 Assembly polls, the Congress …

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Know the numbers from previous elections
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Know the numbers from previous elections

The Hindu  

Chhattisgarh is a relatively new State, with only four Assembly elections under its belt. In all four elections, the fight was mainly between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress, with parties like the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh bagging between one to three seats. Chhattisgarh Assembly polls Phase 1 LIVE …

Chhattisgarh: PM targets Congress over alleged betting app scam, says, 'They don't even spare Mahadev name'
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: PM targets Congress over alleged betting app scam, says, 'They don't even spare Mahadev name'

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the poll rally in Chhattisgarh's Durg today. While speaking on scams in Chhattisgarh, PM Modi took a jibe at the Congress party and said that If I start talking about every scam then my next program will definitely get delayed. Here is what PM Modi said in his poll speech at …

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Complete candidate list of BJP
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Complete candidate list of BJP

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: The BJP, the main opposition party, has announced its candidates for all the 90 assembly constituencies in the state, which will see voting in two phases on November 7 and 17. All four seats are of unreserved category for which the party has put up fresh faces. Of the 90 candidates from BJP, 33 are from …

Communal cut and thrust roils Chhattisgarh poll blitz
1 year, 1 month ago

Communal cut and thrust roils Chhattisgarh poll blitz

The Hindu  

The term “lynching”, the Hamas-Israel war, and a Mughal emperor have all become part of the political lexicon of election-bound Chhattisgarh. Two days later in Kawardha, Mr. Sarma – campaigning for Vijay Sharma, another BJP candidate who is an accused in the 2021 communal clashes over religious flag hoisting – targeted the State’s only Muslim Minister, Mohammad Akbar, with a …

Doubts, hope over caste survey in Nitish’s hometown as Bihar govt. begins public outreach
1 year, 2 months ago

Doubts, hope over caste survey in Nitish’s hometown as Bihar govt. begins public outreach

The Hindu  

After creating a political stir by releasing the results of the Bihar caste survey and setting an intent for other States to follow suit, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Janata Dal, the ruling partners in the mahagathbandhan government, have planned mass mobilisation efforts in the State centred on the survey results ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha election. “We’ve …

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 …

Siddaramaiah on the horns of a dilemma over caste survey in Karnataka
1 year, 2 months ago

Siddaramaiah on the horns of a dilemma over caste survey in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 3 MINS READ At a press conference on October 9 in New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi emphatically stated that the Congress endorsed the idea of a nationwide caste census, but sitting next to him was Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has not yet revealed the data from his government’s 2015 socio-economic …

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 …

Forest pitch: The Hindu Editorial on the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly elections
1 year, 2 months ago

Forest pitch: The Hindu Editorial on the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly elections

The Hindu  

In Chhattisgarh, the ruling Congress has built an election plank with a mix of regional pride and welfarism. The Congress’s attempts to build a narrative around Chhattisgarhi sub-nationalism have made regional identity a key electoral theme for the first time since the State was formed in 2000. The party is also relying on its direct benefit transfer schemes such as …

Caste survey: All details will be put before House, says Nitish
1 year, 2 months ago

Caste survey: All details will be put before House, says Nitish

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said all details collected during the caste survey, including the educational and socio-economic data, would be placed before the House during the forthcoming winter session of the state legislature. We are doing everything to unitedly fight them,” he said, hitting out at BJP state president Samrat Choudhary, without naming him, as a “party …

Bihar caste survey will be placed in Assembly for deciding future action: Nitish
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey will be placed in Assembly for deciding future action: Nitish

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that all the details of the state’s caste survey, including the educational and socio-economic data, would be placed before the legislative assembly during the forthcoming winter session of the House and the future course of action, including whether the reservation ambit would be extended, would be decided after taking feedback from the …

Caste census in MP if Congress wins, reiterates Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Caste census in MP if Congress wins, reiterates Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress has once again reiterated its stand on the caste census. Asserting "100 per cent" support for the caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi likened the exercise to an "X-ray" and said it will give a clear picture of the dalits, tribals, OBCs and upper castes population, which in turn will help in deciding the future course …

Caste survey report Nitish Kumar’s final attempt, says Prashant Kishor
1 year, 2 months ago

Caste survey report Nitish Kumar’s final attempt, says Prashant Kishor

The Hindu  

Election strategist Prashant Kishor on October 10 claimed that the caste based survey released by Bihar government is the final attempt of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a political survival by dividing society along caste lines. Of the caste survey report, Mr. Kishor said, “Nitish Kumar’s political career is nearing its end, and this is his final attempt to divide …

What’s at stake for Congress: Polls put caste census demand, INDIA to test
1 year, 2 months ago

What’s at stake for Congress: Polls put caste census demand, INDIA to test

Hindustan Times  

Hours before Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the dates for the next round of state elections, the Congress’ top leadership had gathered in Delhi to firm up their election strategy. The Congress Working Committee had only one big agenda, with chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Siddaramaiah, Bhupesh Baghel and Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu joining the deliberations of the highest decision-making body …

Opinion: Caste census plank gives Rahul Gandhi leg-up within Congress and INDIA bloc
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Caste census plank gives Rahul Gandhi leg-up within Congress and INDIA bloc

India Today  

These are interesting and exciting times in the grand old party. The Congress Working Committee unanimously endorsed Rahul Gandhi’s idea of caste-based census without a fuss. The status of a migrant from one state to another and the status of children of inter-caste marriage, in terms of caste classification, are also vexed questions.” On October 9, 2023, Chidambaram was present …

Our government will conduct a country-wide caste census: Congress Working Committee
1 year, 2 months ago

Our government will conduct a country-wide caste census: Congress Working Committee

The Hindu  

A Congress-led government will conduct a nation-wide caste census as part of the decadal census that was due in 2021, remove the cap of 50% on reservation through legislation and implement the women’s reservation law to provide 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies at the earliest, the Congress Working Committee said in a resolution that was unanimously …

Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Dates CG Assembly Elections 2023 Full Schedule Voting Counting Result Date
1 year, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Dates CG Assembly Elections 2023 Full Schedule Voting Counting Result Date

ABP News  

CG Election 2023 Dates: Chhattisgarh, which is dominated by tribal voters, will go to polls on November 7 and November 17. The state will see a direct contest between BJP and Congress even though some new entrants like AAP, Hamar Raj, a newly founded outfit by veteran tribal leader and former Union Minister Arvind Netam and Sarv Aadi Dal, which …

Chhattisgarh Election Date: State to vote in two phases on November 7 and 17, results on December 3
1 year, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh Election Date: State to vote in two phases on November 7 and 17, results on December 3

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Election Date: The state is all set to vote for its next Chief Minister as the Election Commission on Monday announced the full schedule for the upcoming assembly polls. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in the press conference announced that the counting of votes for all five states will take place on December 3. The Election Commission in a …

Rajasthan government orders conduct of caste survey
1 year, 2 months ago

Rajasthan government orders conduct of caste survey

The Hindu  

Close on the heels of Bihar releasing the caste data, the Congress government in Rajasthan on Saturday ordered a similar caste-based survey to find out the socio-economic status of different sections of society and formulate targeted welfare schemes for them. The collation of the caste data would enable the State government to prepare schemes for different groups of people engaged …

Priyanka promises ‘caste census on the lines of Bihar’ in Chhattisgarh
1 year, 2 months ago

Priyanka promises ‘caste census on the lines of Bihar’ in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday announced that if her party returned to power in Chhattisgarh after the 2023 Assembly elections, a “caste census” on the lines of Bihar would be conducted. Today I want to announce here, I have spoken to Baghel ji, if our government comes to power again in Chhattisgarh, then, like Bihar, a …

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 …

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 …

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