Congress leader, addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh's Kanker ahead of the state assembly polls, questioned Modi's hesitation, asking why he is 'afraid of OBC caste-based census'.
Backward Classes Welfare Commission in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh is surveying 10,000 families from 93 backward classes to assess their social, economic & educational status.
The Modi govt told the SC this week that it had taken a conscious decision not to undertake enumeration of OBCs and EBCs, which it deemed administratively cumbersome.
Janak Ram, who was part of the Nitish Kumar-headed delegation that met Modi over caste-based census, said that PM fully understands country’s all-round development.
A delegation of 10 parties, led by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar of JD(U), met PM Narendra Modi Monday to demand a caste census. Tejashwi Yadav of RJD was part of delegation too.
An all-party delegation from Bihar, led by CM Nitish Kumar, will meet PM Modi to discuss caste census. The BJP, which till now has rejected the demand for a census, is in a dilemma.
The delegation, that will meet PM Modi, comprises representatives of all parties in Bihar. CM Nitish Kumar has pushed for caste census, saying it will facilitate effective governance.
In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, MoS for Home Nityanand Rai said the raw caste data has been provided to Social Justice ministry for classification and categorisation.
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