Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader Dasoju Sravan hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding reservations for Muslims in Telangana and said that if Bharatiya Janata Party is really concerned about OBCs they should conduct a caste census first.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the decennial Census that should have been conducted in 2021 be done immediately and a Caste Census be made its an integral part.
The Steering Committee of Congress met on Friday morning and decided to go for nomination members to Congress Working Committee in view of the challenges faced by the party and the proposed amendments to the party's constitution
A lawyer on Thursday mentioned before the Supreme Court a petition challenging the caste census in Bihar. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud tagged the petition with another similar plea.
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.
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to quash Bihar Government's notification dated January 6, 2022 for conducting 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.