Mayawati favours OBC census
The Hindu
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has demanded that a caste census for the other backward castes be done. On Thursday, she said the BSP had always raised the demand.If the Central Government takes a
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has demanded that a caste census for the other backward castes be done. On Thursday, she said the BSP had always raised the demand. If the Central Government takes a "positive step" in this regard, the BSP would support the move in and outside Parliament, she said.The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.