Bihar caste survey: What are its findings and how will it impact poll outcome in 2024? EXPLAINED
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey: What are its findings and how will it impact poll outcome in 2024? EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Bihar caste census: The caste survey in Bihar was released on Monday divulging that the OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total population, a number which could hugely leave its impact on the strategies of the political parties and outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls which is now not too far away. In a historic first, the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government released the caste census of the state today, which is also one of the agendas of the Opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc that has come together aiming to defeat the BJP in the next year’s general elections. The caste survey in Bihar may well prove to be a gamechanger for Nitish Kumar and RJD in the forthcoming elections in the Hindi heartland where caste politics remains at the centre-stage of polling. RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav, who has been instrumental besides Nitish Kumar in bringing all Opposition parties onboard a single platform, also said that the survey will set the tone for a “nationwide caste census which will be undertaken when we form the next government at the Centre”.

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Telangana Completes Massive Caste Census Survey: What It Means for Reservations and Social Justice
4 days, 4 hours ago

Telangana Completes Massive Caste Census Survey: What It Means for Reservations and Social Justice

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 20, 2024 18:32 IST - 9 MINS READ Telangana government’s socio-economic caste survey is inching towards completion and is at its data-entry phase. The “mega health check-up” of society, as Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy referred to the caste census, is an electoral guarantee made by the Congress during the 2023 Assembly election. Frontline spoke to government …

Akhilesh hits out at ruling party for trying to ‘spread disharmony’
1 week, 3 days ago

Akhilesh hits out at ruling party for trying to ‘spread disharmony’

Hindustan Times  

Efforts are on to reduce minorities, especially Muslims, to second-grade citizens, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday and called for a caste census during the landmark debate on 75 years of the Constitution in the Lok Sabha. For people like us and the weak in the country, especially for PDA, saving the Constitution is a matter of life …

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 …

Caste data to be tabled in December
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Caste data to be tabled in December

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government is preparing to unveil the findings of its ongoing caste census during the upcoming monsoon session of the Legislative Assembly, likely to be held in the second week of December. The Bihar government tabled its findings in the Legislative Assembly in October 2023, leading to legislative action to increase reservations from 50 per cent to 65 …

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 …

Looking through the census prism
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Looking through the census prism

New Indian Express  

Misplaced debate However, some experts say the debate over regional imbalance is completely misplaced. Caste census Since 1951, when the first census of Independent India was conducted, only the number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been counted, not of all castes. Ever since, the Congress-led INDIA bloc intensified the call for a national caste census, though the grand …

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 …

Maharashtra polls: Rahul Gandhi takes on Modi, RSS; reaffirms caste census
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: Rahul Gandhi takes on Modi, RSS; reaffirms caste census

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kicked off his campaign in Maharashtra, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, from Nagpur on Wednesday, once again reaffirming his commitment to caste census. He then raised questions about RSS’s financial resources, and asked, “From where does the RSS get money to maintain its extensive facilities and run institutions like Shishu Mandirs and Eklavya Vidyalayas …

Caste survey commences in Telangana on November 6
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Caste survey commences in Telangana on November 6

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The door-to-door survey, which is aimed at assessing the economic, social and caste status of the people, will commence across the state on Wednesday. The leaders of the ruling Congress are of the opinion that Telangana would become a role mode for the entire country and show direction in addressing economic and caste related issues. Stating that it is …

Congress Leader Calls for Nationwide Caste Census to Uncover Deepest Layers of Discrimination
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1 month, 2 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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1 month, 2 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
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

Siddaramaiah Warns BJP Over Caste Census, Hints at Legal Stalemate
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Siddaramaiah Warns BJP Over Caste Census, Hints at Legal Stalemate

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has responded to the Opposition BJP's claim that he has no opposition to the caste census report. He asserts that he is relieved to see the BJP's statement but questions the lack of courage shown by other BJP-ruled states in taking up the exercise. The Chief Minister emphasizes that the decision to accept the caste census report …

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 …

Will force BJP, RSS leaders to conduct caste census: Lalu Prasad Yadav
3 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’
3 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?
3 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: …

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 …

Nitish strong at Centre, can easily get caste census done: Tejashwi
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nitish strong at Centre, can easily get caste census done: Tejashwi

The Hindu  

The Rashtriya Janata Dal, led by its leader Tejashwi Yadav, staged protests across Bihar demanding a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65% reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in Schedule 9 of the Constitution. Mr. Yadav said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is playing an important role at the Centre but is not taking …

Oppn, NDA ally ask Parl’s OBC panel to discuss caste census
3 months, 3 weeks 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
3 months, 4 weeks 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 …

‘90% people sitting out of system’: Rahul Gandhi's fresh caste census demand
4 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
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 …

Chirag Paswan backs caste census but says if made public, data will create divide in society
5 months ago

Chirag Paswan backs caste census but says if made public, data will create divide in society

The Hindu  

Union minister and LJP chief Chirag Paswan has pitched for a nationwide caste census but warned against making the figures public as it will lead to "division" in society, and said no discussion within the ruling NDA has taken place so far over simultaneous polls and the Uniform Civil Code, both part of the BJP's manifesto. Asked about his views …

Bihar caste census: 'PM Modi to take appropriate decision', says Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary
6 months ago

Bihar caste census: 'PM Modi to take appropriate decision', says Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary

India TV News  

Bihar caste census: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary today dubbed the Congress and I.N.D.I.A bloc anti-reservation and claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party had supported a caste survey exercise in the eastern state. Speaking to media in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take an appropriate decision. The Prime Minister will decide in this regard”, Choudhary …

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: List of constituency-wise winning candidates and parties
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: List of constituency-wise winning candidates and parties

India TV News  

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: The counting of votes for the 40 seats in Bihar was held on June 4. The voting in the state was held in all seven phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect members of the 18th Lok Sabha. While the four constituencies went for polls in the first phase on April 19, …

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ravi Shankar, Chirag Paswan to Pawan Singh, here's list of key candidates
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ravi Shankar, Chirag Paswan to Pawan Singh, here's list of key candidates

India TV News  

Bihar, known for its deep-seated caste divisions and a significant poverty rate of 26.59% in 2022-23, remains a hotbed of political fervour. KEY CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY Chirag Paswan Hajipur Ravi Shankar Prasad Patna Sahib Pawan Singh Karakat Giriraj Singh Begusarai Upendra Kushwaha Karakat Misa Bharti Patliputra Rohini Acharya Saran Ashok Yadav Madhubani Sunil Kushwaha Valmikinagar Gopal Jee Thakur Darbhanga Chirag Paswan …

Reading caste in inequality debate
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Reading caste in inequality debate

Hindustan Times  

By making a caste census the central pitch of its election campaign, the Congress has made this among the most important questions of the 2024 general elections. Survey-based asset data from the National Sample Survey Office’s All India Debt and Investment Survey is from before the pandemic and only gives us data at the broad social group level, namely, Scheduled …

Bihar poll question: Will caste trump other factors?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar poll question: Will caste trump other factors?

Hindustan Times  

I’m writing these words from Bihar, whose political dynamics are key to understanding India’s intricate political landscape. This is why the Bharatiya Janata Party did not hesitate to support Nitish Kumar when he broke with the grand alliance and formed a government with the party ahead of the 2020 assembly elections. This alliance fought and won the 2020 elections, but …

For this Lok Sabha poll, I was never in favour of an alliance with the AIADMK: Anbumani Ramadoss
8 months, 3 weeks ago

For this Lok Sabha poll, I was never in favour of an alliance with the AIADMK: Anbumani Ramadoss

The Hindu  

The Pattali Makkal Katchi, which has a strong vote bank in the northern and western regions of Tamil Nadu, sprung a surprise by announcing it would join the National Democratic Alliance and contest in 10 Lok Sabha seats when it was widely expected to stay with the AIADMK with which it has been in alliance since 2019 Lok Sabha elections. …

Rahul Gandhi vows to conduct caste census if Congress voted to power
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi vows to conduct caste census if Congress voted to power

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 9 underlined his party's resolve to conduct a caste census if voted to power, asserting that based on this right step along with economic mapping, the 50% cap on reservation would be "uprooted". Mr. Gandhi said the Congress' slogan is "count" because that would be the first step towards justice. The caste survey conducted …

2024 Lok Sabha polls | Congress manifesto includes legal guarantee for MSP, caste census, filling government vacancies, say sources
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 Lok Sabha polls | Congress manifesto includes legal guarantee for MSP, caste census, filling government vacancies, say sources

The Hindu  

Making minimum support price a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing government vacancies on priority will figure prominently in the Congress’ manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, sources said. A senior party leader told TheHindu on March 2 that the manifesto thematically focuses on the paanchnyay or five pillars of justice that …

Swami opposes social and economic survey
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Swami opposes social and economic survey

The Hindu  

Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami of Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeth has said that the caste census submitted by the Chairman of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes K. Jayaprakash Hegde, is unscientific and unacceptable. Urging the State government not to take this census to Cabinet, the Swami said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should re-conduct the caste census by visiting the doorsteps …

Karnataka: Hegde commission submits caste survey report to CM
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Hegde commission submits caste survey report to CM

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka’s much awaited socio-economic and education survey report, popularly known as the caste survey report, was submitted to chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday by the chairman of state’s backward classes commission, K Jayaprakash Hegde, setting the state’s political pot boiling ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah receives the 'Caste Census' report submitted by K Jayaprakash Hegde, chairman …

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 …

Telangana: Opposition Parties Seek Legal Sanctity for Caste Census
10 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Opposition Parties Seek Legal Sanctity for Caste Census

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Opposition parties on Friday demanded legal backing to the caste survey proposed by the state government, and a resolution was not enough. Rama Rao cited the example of the Bihar government which undertook a caste survey without legal backing due to which it encountered hurdles and came to a grinding halt." The government could seek judicial sanctity by constituting …

Caste survey in Telangana soon, govt moves resolution in Assembly
10 months, 1 week ago

Caste survey in Telangana soon, govt moves resolution in Assembly

Live Mint  

The Congress government in Telangana on Friday moved a resolution in the state assembly to conduct a caste survey in the state. ".To implement various Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment and Political opportunities for the amelioration of Backward Classes, SC and ST citizens of the state and other weaker sections of the state," reads the resolution. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy …

India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation survey projects a third term for PM Modi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation survey projects a third term for PM Modi

Op India  

India Today’s ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll survey has projected a repeat of 2019 for the BJP in the national capital. Andhra Pradesh The India Today survey has projected 17 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats to the Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party whereas the YSRCP has been projected to secure 8 seats. Telangana The survey projects that the Congress …

The tricky business of playing the castes card: Looking ahead into 2024
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The tricky business of playing the castes card: Looking ahead into 2024

Hindustan Times  

It is among the oldest fault lines cleaving Indian society, yet the impact of caste on the world’s largest democratic exercise is insufficiently understood. As a key determinant of social patterns and personal behaviour, caste norms routinely seep into electoral preferences, and remain among the most potent forms of mass mobilisation, even as regional, gender and class variations increasingly add …

In Kerala, parties weigh in on a caste census
11 months, 4 weeks ago

In Kerala, parties weigh in on a caste census

The Hindu  

Mainstream political parties in Kerala are grappling with the contentious issue of carrying out a caste survey in the State. In contrast, the Communist Party of India -led Left Democratic Front government is reluctant, instead planning to build consensus on holding a Socio-Economic Caste Census in Kerala. The party’s hesitancy could stem from the Nair Service Society’s assertion that a …

Caste census not done systematically, fresh survey should be done: Yediyurappa
1 year 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 -- …

Caught in a row, RSS says it is not against a caste census
1 year ago

Caught in a row, RSS says it is not against a caste census

The Hindu  

Days after one of its senior functionaries opposed a caste census, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Thursday said that any such census should be used for the upliftment of society, emphasising that political parties must ensure that social harmony is not disrupted due to any reason. ‘Need Hindu society sans inequality’ Clarifying the Sangh’s official stand through social media, the …

Congress wants Caste Census, but says says caste is immaterial when their alliance MPs insult the Vice President
1 year ago

Congress wants Caste Census, but says says caste is immaterial when their alliance MPs insult the Vice President

Op India  

On Tuesday, Opposition members of Parliaments were seen mocking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Notably, the Congress party has batted for caste census for its political gains, and now targeting the Vice President as he expressed his disappointment over the insult. alliance, in partnership with Congress and Rahul Gandhi, is advocating for a caste-based census and the concept of ‘proportional …

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 …

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 …

Have not opposed caste census, says Shivakumar after Kharge’s charge
1 year ago

Have not opposed caste census, says Shivakumar after Kharge’s charge

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said he is not opposed to the state’s caste survey but wants it to be done in a scientific and systematic manner, in a clarification that came amid deep divisions within the ruling Congress on the subject and a day after party president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the former’s stand on the caste …

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