Bihar Obcs News Today

India News: ​Supreme Court on Tuesday said Bihar should make the data public to allow people to challenge a particular inference reached by the state and expresse

At the Bhim Sansad, organised by the JD(U) on the occasion of Constitution Day in the honour of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Nitish was welcomed on stage amid slogans of “desh ka pradhan mantri kaisa ho, Nitish Kumar jaisa ho”.

The survey shows Kurmis, the caste to which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar belongs, as less than 3 per cent of the state's population.

The data are not surprising — and are immensely significant. They carry the potential of new battles in Bihar, and could be the big idea that can mount a challenge to the BJP’s Hindutva-plus-welfare pitch

Considered floating voters, EBCs accounted for a quarter of the RJD and JD(U) lists in 2020; with parties focusing for the most part on their core support bases

This not only shores up the Bihar CM’s position on the national stage but also helps him keep his social base together at a time when his strength in state politics has depleted.

Welcoming the release of the caste survey findings, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the exercise has proved that 84 per cent of people in Bihar are OBCs, SCs and STs and their share should be according to their population.

The union government also filed a brief affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that Census Act, 1948, empowers only the Centre to conduct a census.