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Rahul Gandhi should explain meaning of caste-based census: Devendra Fadnav
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
At a rally on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi reiterated his call for a caste census and termed the exercise an "X-ray" that would give details of various communities in the country.
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CM Nitish demands special status for Bihar, appeals for caste-based census
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demanded special status for Bihar state so that it can move forward and also appealed to the Centre to conduct a caste-based census across the country.
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BJP protests outside Bihar Vidhan Sabha over use of water cannons on Angan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
On the second day of the Bihar assembly winter session, Bhartiya Janata Party workers staged a protest outside Vidhan Sabha against the Bihar Government over the use of water cannons on Anganvadi workers and the caste-based census report.
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"Can see a repeat of 2003 in 2023," says Union Minister Prahlad Patel on u
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister Patel made the remark while speaking to ANI in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district on Tuesday in view of how many seats the party would secure in the upcoming state assembly polls. Patel is in fray from Narsinghpur assembly seats for the poll scheduled to be held this mont
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Chhattisgarh polls: Congress manifesto focuses on caste census, farm loan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With Chhattisgarh set to hold its first phase of Assembly polls on November 7, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the Congress manifesto for the elections on Sunday, promising a caste-based census, farm loan waivers, and subsided LPG cylinders to women, among other things, if voted back
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Chhattisgarh polls: CM Bhupesh Baghel unveils Congress manifesto, promises
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"We pledge to conduct a caste census in the state if voted back. The census exercise would cover the Scheduled Caste, tribal castes, backward classes, general category and minorities," Baghel announced after unveiling the party's manifesto in Raipur on Sunday.
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"Centre should do it...": Congress leader Pramod Tiwari after Amit Shah's
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"They (Central government) should do it. The Bihar government has done. They have passed the Women's Reservation Bill, which will be implemented ten or fifteen years later, or maybe not. A caste-based census should be done. This is what the Congress and people of INDIA alliance are saying,"
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet gives nod to caste census, takes other key decision
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Andhra Pradesh cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Friday took several key decisions including carrying out a comprehensive caste-based census in the state.
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"Never opposed caste-based census": Amit Shah in poll-bound Chhattisgarh
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the Opposition's push for caste census and bid to bring it to the front and centre of the national political discourse ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in five states, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP never opposed such an exercise and will take a call on
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"Kamal Nath is in trouble in Chhindwara", says BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"I went to Chhindwara yesterday. Kamal Nath Ji is in trouble in Chhindwara. It would not be a surprise if he loses there in the upcoming state assembly polls. There is a campaign of desperation there, according to my observation," Prasad said.
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Chhattisgarh: "Why are you afraid?" Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi over OBC cas
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asserted that the Congress will conduct the caste-based census if the party assumes office at the Centre while questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he is afraid to conduct it.
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"Samajwadi Party always been with caste census..": Akhilesh Yadav
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In response to the growing political divisions surrounding the much-debated caste-based census, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav reaffirmed the Samajwadi Party's unwavering commitment to the cause.
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