The case of caste census of Bihar reached the Supreme Court.
The case of caste census of Bihar reached the Supreme Court.
Bihar Caste Census: The Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar released the caste census data on Monday. It was revealed that Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) constitute 63 percent of the total population of the state. Opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party said that the caste census will do nothing more than spread confusion among the poor and the public of the state. Meanwhile, this matter has now reached the Supreme Court. The court will hear the case on October 6.
The case will be heard on October 6
On the data released by Bihar Government, the petitioner’s lawyer said that the data of caste based census has been released. However, the Supreme Court said that we cannot do anything on this matter right now. We will hear this matter on October 6.
Bihar CM called all-party meeting
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will chair an all-party meeting today to discuss the results of the caste survey announced by his government on Monday. The meeting has been called amid speculations that Bihar’s ruling alliance may propose to increase the quota for backward castes in jobs and educational institutions in proportion to their population as per the caste census.
Counting of all castes done in Bihar
The caste survey enumerated all castes for the first time since independence and showed that backward communities comprise nearly two-thirds of Bihar’s population. Only Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) are counted in the decennial census of India. After the results of the survey came, CM Nitish Kumar said that all aspects of the caste census will be discussed and opinions of all parties will be taken. Further steps will be taken accordingly.
