Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.
By the 18th century, Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and impose differential taxation and privileges.
Rahul Gandhi's pitch for a nation-wide caste census was always about carrying out an 'x-ray' of the country, rather than simply counting castes, asserts Congress senior leader.
The caste survey report was submitted to the state government last year, but it has not been made public, even though some portions have purportedly come out through leaks.
Central govt report pegs Bihar's sex ratio as India's lowest in 2022, at just 891 girls for every 1,000 boys, dropping since 2020. Bihar chief secy says caste census data more authentic.
Rahul claimed BJP decided questions of caste census in a closed room, as opposed to Congress’s approach with 3 lakh people preparing questions in open meetings in Telangana.
In Haryana’s 2024 election, the sub-classification of SCs reshaped politics—deepening OSC–DSC divides and giving BJP a strategic edge among Deprived SCs.
In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.
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From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
D.K. Singh’s central thesis is flawed. The Caste census results may reveal the preponderance of OBCs. But this is an umbrella category with real internal divisions. It’s far from homogeneous. New alliances will be built that may still include some so-called Forward Castes.
D.K. Singh’s central thesis is flawed. The Caste census results may reveal the preponderance of OBCs. But this is an umbrella category with real internal divisions. It’s far from homogeneous. New alliances will be built that may still include some so-called Forward Castes.