In exclusive interview with ThePrint, Lalan Singh, national president of JD(U), a BJP ally, says if a caste-based census is held now, numbers of all communities will increase, not just backward classes.
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O’Brien tells ThePrint in an interview that opposition is united and TMC skipping some events should not be viewed as 'one-upmanship'.
Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin are also likely to attend the virtual meet on 20 August, which comes in the midst of a political row over alleged snooping & rowdy scenes in Parliament.
BJP has criticised Bengal govt for designating 16 August as 'Khela Hobe Divas' because it is also the anniversary of 'Direct Action Day announced by Muslim League in 1946, when communal riots broke out in Kolkata.
BJD's move came three days after a delegation of its MPs met Home Minister Amit Shah & submitted a memorandum seeking legislation to raise quota for OBCs in the state.
Several parties — from JD(U) & RJD in Bihar, and SP & BSP in UP, to DMK in Tamil Nadu and Trinamool in Bengal — have supported the demand for a caste census.
Trinamool claims BJP-led central govt deliberately delaying bypolls to create 'constitutional crisis' in Bengal, while Oppn says Covid isn't only reason civic polls haven't been held yet.
BJP already has non-Yadav OBC parties as allies and is now focusing on these castes through its 'grand Hindu identity', while SP and Congress have been hosting OBC sammelans.
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