: PM to decide on caste census, says Nitish Kumar after 10-party delegation from Bihar meets Modi #IndiaNEWS Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday led a delegation of 10 political parties from

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday led a delegation of 10 political parties from the state to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press for a caste-based census, NDTV reported. Janak Ram, a state minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party, was also part of the delegation.On July 20, the Union home ministry told Parliament that it had decided to not conduct a caste-based census. The only caste-wise data that the next census would collate would be on Dalits and Adivasis, the same as every census in independent India’s history. India’s largest caste bloc – the Other Backward Classes – would not be included in this exercise.The announcement sparked a political debate, with several political parties stressing the need for enumerating people from all castes.After the meeting on Monday, Kumar told reporters that all parties in Bihar were unanimous in their support for such a census.Kumar said that people in Bihar and the rest of the country hold the same opinion on the matter. “We are grateful to the PM for listening to us,� ANI quoted the chief minister as saying. “Now, he has to take a decision on it.�Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav said that a caste census would be a historic task that would benefit the poor and marginalised sections...Read more

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