The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ruling BJP's ideological mentor, on Thursday offered conditional support to the conduct of a national caste census - which will be a key issue in the build-up to next year's general election.
Amid Oppn's caste census pitch, Sangh workers are fanning out to villages to create awareness against caste discrimination and untouchability in a bid to foster 'Hindu oneness'
Sources said at recent meeting, BJP OBC leaders were told to assess the impact of the Oppn campaign's and the demand for a caste count at the state level
A day after releasing data from a controversial caste-based survey in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for an all-party meeting today to present the findings of the census report and deliberate on the next course of action.
PM Modi slammed Congress over its nationwide caste census pitch and accused the party of trying to divide Hindus, and sought to know if it wants to curtail the rights of Muslims by advocating a population-based distribution of resources.
Bihar government on Monday released of data from a state-wide caste-based survey, which indicated that 36 per cent of the population are from Extremely Backward Classes, 27 per cent are from Backward Classes and 19 per cent are from Scheduled Castes.
The INDIA alliance has "agreed to take up the issue of caste census", Congress leader KC Venugopal said Wednesday after the bloc's coordination committee met in Delhi.
Caste survey will help JD(U) wrest initiative from Congress in the INDIA Opposition alliance, and frame 2024 battle as one of Mandal 3.0 vs BJP’s ‘kamandal’