Amid the rising demand for caste-based census, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 23 to debate the problem with representatives of all events within the state.
Kumar mentioned Leader of Opposition within the state meeting Tejashwi Yadav would even be a part of the delegation.
“I had sought an appointment with the PM together with an all-party delegation from Bihar, together with Tejashwi Yadav of RJD, to debate the problem of caste-based census. I thank him for giving us time subsequent Monday at 11 am.’
Bihar CM mentioned that census primarily based on caste will profit all sections of the society and can assist in efficient governance.
Kumar had written to PM Modi on August 3, searching for his appointment to debate the demand for a caste-based census. Last month, leaders of the opposition alliance of 5 events led by Yadav had met Kumar over the problem.
Kumar, nonetheless, insisted that the alliance wouldn’t be affected by the divergence between his celebration and the BJP, which runs the central authorities, on the problem.
The Center had lately knowledgeable Parliament that it was planning to conduct a census just for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, prompting politicians from Bihar to demand the inclusion of OBCs within the state’s politics.
Kumar had earlier allayed the apprehension that the census of all castes might result in social stress. “When the legislature unanimously passed resolutions in support of caste-based census on two occasions, it was supported by members of all parties and members of all castes and religions. There should be no misunderstanding,” he had mentioned.
The bicameral Bihar legislature had unanimously handed resolutions in favor of a caste-based census in 2019 and likewise in 2020.
After 1931 caste primarily based census apart from SC and ST has not been carried out within the nation.
However, the demand for such a census arises earlier than nearly each census, as data of debates and questions raised in Parliament present. The demand normally comes from Other Backward Classes (OBC) and different deprived courses, whereas sections of the higher castes oppose the concept.
In latest occasions, aside from Nitish Kumar, Hum chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and RPI chief Ramdas Athawale, such calls for have additionally come from BJP nationwide secretary Pankaja Munde (in a tweet on January 24) and the Maharashtra meeting that handed a decision on January Huh. 8 urged the Center to conduct a caste-based census in 2021.
With inputs from PTI
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
