Jharkhand's All-Party Delegation Meets Amit Shah, Demands Caste Census
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Delegation led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren included Congress Jharkhand president Rajesh Thakur, BJP state president Deepak Prakash, among others
An all-party delegation from Jharkhand led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren met Home Minister Amit Shah today and demanded that a caste-based census be conducted in the country.
The visit came close on the heels of the centre telling the Supreme Court that a caste census of backward classes is "administratively difficult and cumbersome" and excluding such information from the purview of Census is a "conscious policy decision".
The delegation led by Mr Soren included the Congress's Jharkhand unit president Rajesh Thakur, BJP state president and Rajya Sabha member Deepak Prakash, Congress's legislature party leader Alamgir Alam, AJSU president and former deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahato, RJD leader Satyanand Bhokta and representatives of all other parties from the state.
"All of us met Home Minister Amit Shah and urged him to ensure that a caste-based Census is conducted. We apprised him of our state's sentiments in support of the caste Census," Mr Soren told reporters after the meeting.