: Caste-based census should be done at least once, will benefit India, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar #IndiaNEWS Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that a caste-based census should be conducted

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Caste-based census should be done at least once, will benefit India, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar #IndiaNEWS
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that a caste-based census should be conducted at least once, NDTV reported. He said that the entire country will benefit from this exercise.In July, the Centre had told Parliament that it had decided to not conduct a caste 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. Kumar’s statement on Sunday came a day ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a delegation of leaders from 10 political parties to discuss the matter. The Bihar chief minister will lead the delegation, which will also include the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, according to The New Indian Express. Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the Opposition in Bihar, will also attend the meeting. Kumar said that a caste-based census was a crucial matter and a long-standing demand of political parties in Bihar. “It if works out, then nothing could be better than that,� Kumar was quoted as saying by NDTV. “Moreover, it would be not just for Bihar, people in the whole country will benefit from...Read more

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