Bihar can hold its own caste-based census: Deputy CM
The Hindu
BJP leader Renu Devi rules out enumeration by Centre
Amid repeated demands from the Bihar Opposition and with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar joining their calls for a caste-based census in the country, senior State BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi said, like Karnataka, the State government was free to conduct a caste-based census. Ms .Renu Devi also made it clear that the Centre would not accept any proposal for caste-based census in the country because of its policy decision. “The Bihar government, like Karnataka, is free to hold caste-based census in the State but the Central government will not accept any proposal for this as its policy decision not to conduct caste based census,” she told media persons on the sidelines of the BJP’s Sahyog (community help) programme at the party headquarters on August 14. In 2015, the Karnataka government had conducted a “socio-economic and education” survey which enumerated population percentages of different castes in the State.More Related News