Bihar caste survey report shows one-third of state poor, 7% graduate, Yadavs poorest among OBCs
CM Nitish Kumar says Centre should raise overall quota ceiling to 65% based on survey findings
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CM Nitish Kumar says Centre should raise overall quota ceiling to 65% based on survey findings
Siasat writes, “It is also alleged that the BJP is reluctant to conduct the caste survey so that it remains in power by doing a lip service to the welfare causes by hiding the actual number of the backward classes.”
Though it was completed in 2017 under the then Congress government, the report was delayed as party feared a backlash in 2018 Assembly polls. Leaked findings suggested the populations of the dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities were smaller than believed
The INDI Alliance’s excitement will soon turn into anxiety as there will be legitimate demands from the castes that have been betrayed by Lalu and Kumar
Express View: Even as a caste headcount is necessary and desirable in a deeply stratified society, in which caste-based reservation has become an important instrument to address historical injustice, the data must be handled with care