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TopicCaste census

Topic: Caste census

RSS says caste census should be used to ‘uplift’ society, exercise shouldn’t break ‘social harmony’

Remarks by RSS's Sunil Ambekar come a day after another functionary opposed caste census. Congress claims RSS & BJP afraid of census giving 'Dalits, backward classes equal rights'.

Shinde visits RSS founder’s memorial, says decision on caste census after consulting all stakeholders

This comes a day after RSS functionary Shridhar Gadge opposed a caste census, which Congress has been strongly demanding, saying it won’t be good socially and for national unity.

With push for fresh caste census, Shivakumar throws a Vokkaliga curveball at Siddaramaiah

Congress seems to be a divided house with Karnataka Deputy CM playing Vokkaliga card. Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha has petitioned government not to accept caste census report of 2015.

‘Concrete action, not verbal assurances’ — Urdu press calls on BJP to initiate national caste census 

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

BJP’s Madhya Pradesh candidate list lacks OBC representation. Congress can best it

The BJP has only picked one-third of its candidates from the OBC community, whose population is above 50 per cent in the state.

Andhra to go for caste ‘census’, results to be out before assembly polls next year

Political analyst says Jagan’s census plan will disrupt rival TDP’s backward caste votebank, TDP calls it ‘ploy to identify party sympathisers & tamper with voter lists’.

If Rahul Gandhi can tie aspirations to caste census, he will have a winning formula

The greatest challenge for Congress is to develop fresh ideas to address evolving Hindu-first identity politics and support India's competitive global economy.

West Bengal isn’t casteless as Bengali Bhadralok thinks. Only caste census will bust the myth

TMC is reluctant to conduct caste census in West Bengal because Mamata Banerjee knows it can cause a tectonic shift in how people view caste and politics in the state.

‘Can’t oppose it, can’t endorse’ is BJP’s caste survey predicament, writes Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Bihar caste survey has done Pasmanda Muslims a big favour. Now India must do the same

It is disheartening to see how the Pasmanda society often gets overlooked and lacks proper representation because of lack of acknowledgement of caste-based divide within the Muslim community.

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During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

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Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.