The resolution piloted by Chief Minister M K Stalin said the central government should immediately commence the census work, which is due from 2021, along with caste-based population census this time.
Bihar caste census: Samrat Choudhary said that BJP had supported the caste census in Bihar and is not against it. Home Minister Amit Shah also said we are not against it. A decision will be taken at an appropriate time.
The video, circulated by Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) on the X platform, falsely suggests that Gandhi specifically addressed minorities in his speech. In his speech, Rahul Gandhi highlighted the Congress party’s commitment to conducting a comprehensive socio-economic and caste census.
Sharma's letter comes at a time when the Congress has intensified its demand for a nationwide caste census and promised to carry out the exercise if elected to power in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
A few Congress Ministers and MLAs, especially those from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, have also expressed their apprehensions regarding the caste census report.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP-led Centre of not creating enough jobs for the Dalits and other backward classes, which constitute 90 per cent of the population, and discriminating against them in his 'Ram Rajya.
Ahead of the Assembly polls last year, Congress had promised to conduct a caste census in Telangana if the party was voted to power.
Addressing a public rally in Purnea district as part of his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', Gandhi had on Tuesday claimed that Nitish Kumar was feeling trapped after getting a caste survey conducted under pressure from the 'Mahagathbandhan' partners and the BJP "provided him with a way out".
Former Prime Minister VP Singh's statue stands near the memorial of late DMK president M Karunanidhi on Marina Beach. Stalin stressed the importance of teaching Singh's history to students and commended his firm implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendation.
Andhra Pradesh Minister C Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna said the state government will begin a comprehensive caste census on December 9.
Backward Classes Commission Chairman Jayaprakash Hegde said a part of the survey's document is missing due to which he is not able to complete the report on time.
The pressure on Siddaramaiah's government has intensified to disclose the state's socio-economic and educational survey, especially after Bihar recently released the findings of its caste survey.
Launching a scathing attack on Congress, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the Grand Old Party is the party that did not conduct the caste census after independence.
PM Modi termed CM Nitish's statement as cheap...said- he should feel ashamed...he insulted the country in the world
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Muqabla: Everyone in Bihar is poor...caste survey is very strange?
As per the report, tabled by parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, the state was home to about 2.97 crore families, out of which more than 94 lakhs (34.13 per cent) were poor.
Karnataka caste census: CM Siddaramaiah charged that during his previous tenure as the Chief Minister, the then chairman the Commission H Kantharaj had conducted the survey, which three previous chief ministers namely HD Kumaraswamy, BS Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai declined to receive it.
The Opposition has stepped up its attack on the Centre over the caste census with Congress making it clear that it will conduct caste survey in the states it is in power. PM Modi, at a Dussehra rally, called upon people to root out distortions like casteism and regionalism in society.
Rahul Gandhi on caste census: Congress leader said that most I.N.D.I.A bloc parties supports the idea of caste census and if someone has a different opinion then we are flexible and not fascist.
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