BIHAR :After the eagerly awaited caste census, Bihar has unveiled its highly anticipated economic report, which is founded on caste demographics. The Nitish Kumar-led government…
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress’ push for a national caste-based censor has met with its first major opposition – from Kerala. One of its traditional upper-caste influential support…
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GUWAHATI: Assam MP Gaurav Gogoi has pushed for a caste census in the state in the line of Bihar. The MP delivered a speech at…
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The Bihar Caste census, hyped as the ‘Brahmastra’ to confront the seemingly invincible Modi-Shah duo, has ended up undermining Nitish Kumar’s trust and credibility among influential caste groups in the state, thus exposing the flaws in the policy and acting as a deterrent for other states to follow into his footsteps
View More Nitish’s botched-up Caste Census leaves I.N.D.I.A toothless against Modi in 2024
Code number 25 has been assigned to chief minister Nitish Kumar’s caste, Kumri, while 167 has been kept reserved for the Yadavas – the powerful caste deputy CM and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav hails from.
View More Billa No 107 for Pathan, 162 for Bhangi & 184 for Fakir…: Muslims too get coded for caste benefit in Bihar
The Bihar government plans to use this data to base its development plans on.
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