Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav once again called for a caste-based census on Saturday and claimed that only with caste-based census 'Ram Rajya' is possible.
Informing about the involvement of people in the second phase of the caste-based census, DM Singh said, "All the families are sharing information positively".
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain various pleas challenging the Bihar Government's decision to conduct a caste-based census across the state.
After a petition was filed in the Supreme Court against Bihar's government's decision to conduct a caste survey, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that it is not a 'caste census but a caste-based census'.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to give an urgent hearing to the petition challenging the Bihar government's notification for conducting the Caste Census in the state.
"We welcome the census. It would have been better if the Central government had conducted the caste-based census. Through the caste census, we will know the representation of different communities," Shivanand Tiwari said today while talking to ANI.
As the Nitish Kumar Government in Bihar will go for the first phase of the caste-based survey in the State from today, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that the survey will give scientific data so that budget and social welfare schemes can be made accordingly.