"Had Bihar Caste Survey Data Been Altered...": Tejashwi Yadav Hits Back At BJP

In a sharply worded counter, Tejashwi Yadav said that had the figures been altered, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would have increased the proportion of his caste.

Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav slammed the leaders of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), in Opposition in the state, for criticising the caste survey and implying that the survey data was manipulated to suit his party, the RJD.

In a sharply worded counter, Tejashwi Yadav said that had the figures been altered, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would have increased the proportion of his caste.

The BJP claimed that the caste survey data was altered only to spread confusion, Mr Yadav said at an event of his party in Bihar's Saharsa.