Caste Census

Following actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut’s public opposition to a caste census in India, the Congress party said the Lok Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi is from an upper caste and lacks understanding of the conditions faced…
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Union minister Chirag Paswan came out in support of a caste census, days after he opposed the BJP government’s lateral entry move. The LJP leader is an ally of the ruling party. In a press conference on Sunday as reported by India Today,…
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Cracks are now more prominent in the Opposition’s INDIA alliance with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioning why the previous Congress-led governments did not conduct caste census when they were in power. Mr Yadav’s comment…
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Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said if Congress is voted to power at the Centre, the party will conduct a caste-based census right away to know the exact number of OBC (Other Backward Class) people living in the country. He said he wanted to do…
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him for a comprehensive up-to-date caste census, the same day Rahul Gandhi dared the top BJP leader to release the 2011 caste-based census data in…
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