Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday said that the BJP-led central government is looking at the recently conducted caste census in Bihar with hatred.
The Bihar Government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that an exercise of conducting surveys of the caste census in Bihar was conducted by August 6.
Referring to the ruling by the Patna High Court, which has approved the caste census by the Bihar government, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said that demand for a similar census in UP was gaining momentum but the ruling BJP was not prepared for it.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on August 14, the plea challenging Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the Bihar Government.
A petition was moved in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the Bihar Government.
Reacting over the Patna High Court's judgement dismissing the petitions challenging the Bihar government's caste-based survey, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said that this is not just a decision but a decision for the poor.
"The high court has rejected the appeal and has given clear directions that a hearing will be held from July 3 and no adjournment will be given," Dinu Kumar, petitioners' advocate on Bihar government's appeal in Patna High Court on the caste-based survey said.
Hours after the Patna High Court put an interim stay on the enumeration of castes and economic survey in Bihar, the state issued order to all district officials to follow the court order.
Patna High Court completed the hearing and reserved the verdict on the enumeration of castes and economic survey in Bihar by the state government on Wednesday.