As the BJP and the opposition INDIA alliance are at loggerheads over the caste-based census, Janta Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi belonged to the upper caste and he misled the voters by saying that he belonged to OBC.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday launched an attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party stating that the latter is afraid of cast census.
Akhilesh Yadav said, "Caste-based census will bring everyone together. the castes that were left behind, those who are not given respect and rights yet, and those who think that their population is more but they are not getting anything according to it, I think caste-based census will integr
"Their objective is to loot the country's treasure and practice corruption after coming to power. They should have faith in the court," BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said.
Rajasthan will become the second state in the country after Bihar to conduct Caste based Survey after the state government passed an order on Saturday to conduct the survey.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo on Saturday informed that a caste-based census will be carried out in the state adding that the government is unaware of the economic levels of the various categories in the state.
"I always say that the 'Right to Social Security' act should be made in this country... If all these laws are made, then who will get benefits and who won't, who is eligible and who is not, all these things will be clear once a survey is conducted... We are going to do this", Gehlot stated.
"All BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh, including CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan were shocked by the caste-based census. BJP is strongly against caste-based census. BJP's DNA is against OBCs," he added.
A Congress Working Committee meeting is likely to be held on October 9 in Delhi, to discuss various issues from the Women Reservation Act to the caste-based census, sources said on Wednesday.