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.
"We need to know which community has remained socially, economically and politically backwards even after 76 years of independence. Ours is a caste-based society. Statistics are necessary to bring the socially, economically and politically backward castes to the mainstream," Siddaramaiah sai
"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.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Bihar government on the plea challenging a caste-based survey in the state and refused to stay anything arising out of the publication of the data of the caste census.
"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.