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  • Congress MP Gogoi pushes for caste census in Assam on traces of Bihar, Rajasthan

    Through ANI

    GUWAHATI: Following Bihar and Rajasthan, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday driven for the same caste-based census in Assam so that every one backward communities within the state obtain “dignity” and “justice”.

    “The day prior to this I used to be at a serve as organised through a outstanding Tai Ahom early life organisation. I demanded a caste census in Assam at the traces of the Bihar and Rajasthan style. We want to be sure that the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities obtain dignity and justice,” Gogoi mentioned in a publish on ‘X’.

    Gogoi additionally shared a publish through the Assam Congress which had a video of him pushing for a caste-based census within the state whilst giving a public speech at Common Box in Assam’s Golaghat.

    “MP @GauravGogoiAsm dangoria delivered an inspiring & invigorating speech at “Common Box”, Golaghat at the instance of seventh annual conference of TAIPA central committee,” the Assam Congress mentioned in a publish on ‘X’.

    Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday introduced that the state will habits a caste-based census like in Bihar. Gehlot spoke to the media after a state celebration assembly in Jaipur on Friday.

    “Congress chief Rahul Gandhi made the caste census device within the Raipur consultation of Congress, and we will be able to do it right here at the foundation of the similar. Rajasthan govt will even habits a caste census like Bihar. We will be able to take the concept that that there will have to be participation of the folks as according to their inhabitants. Directions shall be given to carrying out caste-based census at the traces of Bihar,” CM Gehlot mentioned.

    The record of the caste-based survey carried out in Bihar was once launched on October 2 through the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan govt. The Congress is an best friend of the federal government in Bihar.

    ALSO READ | Caste census is not going to divide society: Siddaramaiah

    Saying the significance of a Caste-based census, Ashok Gehlot mentioned, “After we speak about social safety, it may be applied handiest after we know what the location is caste-wise. There are other castes dwelling within the nation who do other jobs, after we understand how a lot inhabitants every caste has, then we will make particular schemes for them.”

    Previous in Chhattisgarh, Congress Common Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday asserted if Congress is re-elected to energy within the state, a caste census shall be carried out within the state, very similar to the only performed in Bihar. 

    GUWAHATI: Following Bihar and Rajasthan, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday driven for the same caste-based census in Assam so that every one backward communities within the state obtain “dignity” and “justice”.

    “The day prior to this I used to be at a serve as organised through a outstanding Tai Ahom early life organisation. I demanded a caste census in Assam at the traces of the Bihar and Rajasthan style. We want to be sure that the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities obtain dignity and justice,” Gogoi mentioned in a publish on ‘X’.

    Gogoi additionally shared a publish through the Assam Congress which had a video of him pushing for a caste-based census within the state whilst giving a public speech at Common Box in Assam’s Golaghat.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “MP @GauravGogoiAsm dangoria delivered an inspiring & invigorating speech at “Common Box”, Golaghat at the instance of seventh annual conference of TAIPA central committee,” the Assam Congress mentioned in a publish on ‘X’.

    Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday introduced that the state will habits a caste-based census like in Bihar. Gehlot spoke to the media after a state celebration assembly in Jaipur on Friday.

    “Congress chief Rahul Gandhi made the caste census device within the Raipur consultation of Congress, and we will be able to do it right here at the foundation of the similar. Rajasthan govt will even habits a caste census like Bihar. We will be able to take the concept that that there will have to be participation of the folks as according to their inhabitants. Directions shall be given to carrying out caste-based census at the traces of Bihar,” CM Gehlot mentioned.

    The record of the caste-based survey carried out in Bihar was once launched on October 2 through the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan govt. The Congress is an best friend of the federal government in Bihar.

    ALSO READ | Caste census is not going to divide society: Siddaramaiah

    Saying the significance of a Caste-based census, Ashok Gehlot mentioned, “After we speak about social safety, it may be applied handiest after we know what the location is caste-wise. There are other castes dwelling within the nation who do other jobs, after we understand how a lot inhabitants every caste has, then we will make particular schemes for them.”

    Previous in Chhattisgarh, Congress Common Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday asserted if Congress is re-elected to energy within the state, a caste census shall be carried out within the state, very similar to the only performed in Bihar. 

  • Bihar caste census galvanises opposition and BJP allies to call for an identical workout in UP

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    LUCKNOW: The result of Bihar’s caste survey introduced on Monday galvanised each the opposition events and the BJP allies alike in UP to reiterate their call for for the same workouts within the nation’s politically maximum a very powerful state.

    In Uttar Pradesh — the place the Mandal Fee document in 1990 had ended in a significant political churn assisting the upward push of regional satraps Samajwadi Birthday party and Bahujan Samaj Birthday party – the caste census is about to make a decision the longer term process the state’s politics.

    Bahujan Samaj Birthday party leader and four-time UP CM Mayawati on Tuesday stated the caste-based census in Bihar used to be step one against making sure constitutional rights to different backward categories (OBCs).

    Tough a an identical workout in Uttar Pradesh, she stated: “The findings of the caste census in Bihar is also making some events uncomfortable, however for the BSP, it is step one within the lengthy combat for making sure the constitutional rights of OBCs,” she posted on X.

    Tough that the UP govt begin the caste-based census right away, Mayawati stated the “proper resolution”, on the other hand, could be that the BJP-led central govt conducts the workout on the nationwide degree.

    The BSP leader stated her celebration used to be glad that India’s politics used to be taking a brand new flip in favour of the overlooked ‘Bahujan Samaj’. She stated the brand new construction had rendered what she referred to as “excessive anti-caste and anti-Mandal” sections, nervous for his or her long run.

    ALSO READ | Caste census: Singhvi moves discordant notice on Congress’ pitch for ‘jitni abaadi, utna haq’

    Mayawati’s regional rival and UP’s major opposition celebration Samajwadi Birthday party’s leader Akhilesh Yadav additionally demanded a an identical workout on the nationwide degree.

    “Bihar caste-based census revealed: That is the mathematical foundation of social justice. The caste census won’t open a brand new trail of 85-15 struggle however of cooperation and people who don’t seem to be domineering however are supporters of everybody’s rights, they fortify and welcome it. Those that actually need to get the rights, get the caste census performed. The BJP govt will have to depart politics and behavior a national caste census,” he had posted on X.

    Even SP allies together with Jayant Chaudhury led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the Apna Dal (Ok) – additionally echoed the similar sentiment.

    “The caste census is a should in UP as smartly to make sure proper proportion of quite a lot of castes in quite a lot of govt schemes,” RLD state president Ramashish Rai stated. “We call for the UP govt right away order a caste census now when the Bihar govt has even launched the document.”

    The UP Congress chief and previous leader of UPCC Ajay Kumar Lallu stated the Bihar survey effects had vindicated the Opposition bloc’s stance.

    Even 3 of the BJP allies, having their bastions in jap Uttar Pradesh, demanded a caste depend in India’s most-populous state, simply months sooner than the 2024 normal elections.

    Those allies — the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Birthday party (SBSP) the Nishad Birthday party and the Apna Dal (Sonelal) — are given weight as a result of they keep an eye on a very powerful backward caste teams — Rajbhars again the SBSP, boatmen and fishermen fortify the Nishad Birthday party and Kurmis vote for the Apna Dal (Sonelal) — which can be key to profitable no less than 20 to twenty-five seats on be offering in jap UP.

    Whilst Apna Dal (S) chief and Union minister Anupriya Patel, a Lok Sabha MP from Mirzapur, subsidized the workout of caste census announcing she had raised the problems in Parliament as smartly, SBSP leader Om Prakash Rajbhar welcomed Bihar’s transfer announcing one should ask whether or not the ones castes, which had emerged as maximum backward and whose numbers had been top too of their survey, had in truth benefited through the years in state, which for the remaining 3 many years had most commonly been dominated both by means of Lalu Prasad’s RJD or Nitish Kumar’s JD (U).

    In the meantime, the ruling BJP sought to counter Bihar’s caste census transfer by means of highlighting the developmental paintings performed by means of Top Minister Narendra Modi. “In Uttar Pradesh everyone seems to be getting their rights and recognize,” stated BJP’s UP different backward categories (OBC) wing leader and backward welfare minister Narendra Kashyap.

    “My division’s price range that was round Rs 500 crore previous has long gone up beneath Yogi Adityanathji’s govt manifold and recently is pegged at Rs 2,300 crore…This is the reason the problem of caste census isn’t getting a lot consideration as OBCs have benefited beneath our govt like by no means sooner than,” Kashyap added.

    LUCKNOW: The result of Bihar’s caste survey introduced on Monday galvanised each the opposition events and the BJP allies alike in UP to reiterate their call for for the same workouts within the nation’s politically maximum a very powerful state.

    In Uttar Pradesh — the place the Mandal Fee document in 1990 had ended in a significant political churn assisting the upward push of regional satraps Samajwadi Birthday party and Bahujan Samaj Birthday party – the caste census is about to make a decision the longer term process the state’s politics.

    Bahujan Samaj Birthday party leader and four-time UP CM Mayawati on Tuesday stated the caste-based census in Bihar used to be step one against making sure constitutional rights to different backward categories (OBCs).googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Tough a an identical workout in Uttar Pradesh, she stated: “The findings of the caste census in Bihar is also making some events uncomfortable, however for the BSP, it is step one within the lengthy combat for making sure the constitutional rights of OBCs,” she posted on X.

    Tough that the UP govt begin the caste-based census right away, Mayawati stated the “proper resolution”, on the other hand, could be that the BJP-led central govt conducts the workout on the nationwide degree.

    The BSP leader stated her celebration used to be glad that India’s politics used to be taking a brand new flip in favour of the overlooked ‘Bahujan Samaj’. She stated the brand new construction had rendered what she referred to as “excessive anti-caste and anti-Mandal” sections, nervous for his or her long run.

    ALSO READ | Caste census: Singhvi moves discordant notice on Congress’ pitch for ‘jitni abaadi, utna haq’

    Mayawati’s regional rival and UP’s major opposition celebration Samajwadi Birthday party’s leader Akhilesh Yadav additionally demanded a an identical workout on the nationwide degree.

    “Bihar caste-based census revealed: That is the mathematical foundation of social justice. The caste census won’t open a brand new trail of 85-15 struggle however of cooperation and people who don’t seem to be domineering however are supporters of everybody’s rights, they fortify and welcome it. Those that actually need to get the rights, get the caste census performed. The BJP govt will have to depart politics and behavior a national caste census,” he had posted on X.

    Even SP allies together with Jayant Chaudhury led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the Apna Dal (Ok) – additionally echoed the similar sentiment.

    “The caste census is a should in UP as smartly to make sure proper proportion of quite a lot of castes in quite a lot of govt schemes,” RLD state president Ramashish Rai stated. “We call for the UP govt right away order a caste census now when the Bihar govt has even launched the document.”

    The UP Congress chief and previous leader of UPCC Ajay Kumar Lallu stated the Bihar survey effects had vindicated the Opposition bloc’s stance.

    Even 3 of the BJP allies, having their bastions in jap Uttar Pradesh, demanded a caste depend in India’s most-populous state, simply months sooner than the 2024 normal elections.

    Those allies — the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Birthday party (SBSP) the Nishad Birthday party and the Apna Dal (Sonelal) — are given weight as a result of they keep an eye on a very powerful backward caste teams — Rajbhars again the SBSP, boatmen and fishermen fortify the Nishad Birthday party and Kurmis vote for the Apna Dal (Sonelal) — which can be key to profitable no less than 20 to twenty-five seats on be offering in jap UP.

    Whilst Apna Dal (S) chief and Union minister Anupriya Patel, a Lok Sabha MP from Mirzapur, subsidized the workout of caste census announcing she had raised the problems in Parliament as smartly, SBSP leader Om Prakash Rajbhar welcomed Bihar’s transfer announcing one should ask whether or not the ones castes, which had emerged as maximum backward and whose numbers had been top too of their survey, had in truth benefited through the years in state, which for the remaining 3 many years had most commonly been dominated both by means of Lalu Prasad’s RJD or Nitish Kumar’s JD (U).

    In the meantime, the ruling BJP sought to counter Bihar’s caste census transfer by means of highlighting the developmental paintings performed by means of Top Minister Narendra Modi. “In Uttar Pradesh everyone seems to be getting their rights and recognize,” stated BJP’s UP different backward categories (OBC) wing leader and backward welfare minister Narendra Kashyap.

    “My division’s price range that was round Rs 500 crore previous has long gone up beneath Yogi Adityanathji’s govt manifold and recently is pegged at Rs 2,300 crore…This is the reason the problem of caste census isn’t getting a lot consideration as OBCs have benefited beneath our govt like by no means sooner than,” Kashyap added.

  • OBCs and EBCs shape just about two-thirds of Bihar inhabitants, caste survey unearths

    By way of PTI

    PATNA: The Nitish Kumar govt in Bihar on Monday launched findings of its much-awaited caste survey which printed that OBCs and EBCs represent a whopping 63 in keeping with cent of the state’s overall inhabitants.

    In keeping with the knowledge launched right here via Construction Commissioner Vivek Singh, the state’s overall inhabitants stood at a little bit over 13.07 crore, out of which the Extraordinarily Backward Categories (36 in keeping with cent) had been the most important social phase adopted via the Different Backward Categories at 27.13 in keeping with cent.

    The survey additionally mentioned that Yadavs, the OBC staff to which Deputy Leader Minister Tejashwi Yadav belongs, had been the most important on the subject of the inhabitants, accounting for 14.27 in keeping with cent of the entire.

    Dalits, sometimes called the Scheduled Castes, accounted for 19.65 in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants within the state, which could also be house to almost 22 lakh (1.68 in keeping with cent) other people belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

    The ones belonging to the “unreserved” class, which denotes the proverbial “higher castes” who ruled politics until the Mandal wave of the Nineteen Nineties, contain 15.52 in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants.

    The survey additionally establishes that the state’s inhabitants is overwhelmingly Hindu, with the bulk group comprising 81.99 in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants, adopted via Muslims (17.70 in keeping with cent).

    Christians, Sikhs, Jains and the ones following different religions as additionally the non-believers have a miniscule presence, in combination making up for not up to one in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants.

    Leader Minister Nitish Kumar got here out with a commentary lauding the groups of presidency officers who undertook the large workout.

    He additionally mentioned, “A gathering will quickly be convened of the entire 9 political events with an electoral presence within the state legislature and the info and figures can be shared with them.”

    RJD president Lalu Prasad, who’s Kumar’s best friend in addition to the daddy of his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, additionally issued a commentary, pointing out that the workout will set the tone for “a national caste census which can be undertaken once we shape the following govt on the Centre”.

    Each Prasad and Kumar have performed an instrumental position within the formation of the INDIA coalition, which affirmed its dedication to conserving a caste census at a gathering it held in Bengaluru lately.

    Significantly, the survey used to be ordered ultimate yr after the Narendra Modi govt on the Centre made it transparent that it will no longer have the ability to adopt a headcount of castes as opposed to SCs and STs as a part of the census.

    The ultimate time, a headcount of all castes used to be undertaken, used to be long ago in 1931.

    The ones calling for a contemporary caste survey insist {that a} new estimate used to be required basically for the weaker sections of the society which, with stepped forward lifestyles expectancy within the post-Independence technology, should have observed a upward push of their percentage of the inhabitants.

    The state cupboard gave its nod to carry a caste survey on June 2 ultimate yr when it additionally allotted an quantity of Rs 500 crore for the mammoth workout.

    The survey in short bumped into tough climate when it used to be stayed via the Patna Top Courtroom which used to be listening to a host of petitions difficult the workout.

    Alternatively, the closing date it then set, of February 2023, used to be overshot and the survey itself may just take off no quicker than January 7 this yr.

    Leaders of the ruling Mahagathbandhan within the state had been alleging that the ones submitting petitions had been “BJP supporters”, a price denied via the saffron birthday celebration which underscores that it used to be within the govt when the cupboard nod used to be given for the survey.

    PATNA: The Nitish Kumar govt in Bihar on Monday launched findings of its much-awaited caste survey which printed that OBCs and EBCs represent a whopping 63 in keeping with cent of the state’s overall inhabitants.

    In keeping with the knowledge launched right here via Construction Commissioner Vivek Singh, the state’s overall inhabitants stood at a little bit over 13.07 crore, out of which the Extraordinarily Backward Categories (36 in keeping with cent) had been the most important social phase adopted via the Different Backward Categories at 27.13 in keeping with cent.

    The survey additionally mentioned that Yadavs, the OBC staff to which Deputy Leader Minister Tejashwi Yadav belongs, had been the most important on the subject of the inhabitants, accounting for 14.27 in keeping with cent of the entire.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Dalits, sometimes called the Scheduled Castes, accounted for 19.65 in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants within the state, which could also be house to almost 22 lakh (1.68 in keeping with cent) other people belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

    The ones belonging to the “unreserved” class, which denotes the proverbial “higher castes” who ruled politics until the Mandal wave of the Nineteen Nineties, contain 15.52 in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants.

    The survey additionally establishes that the state’s inhabitants is overwhelmingly Hindu, with the bulk group comprising 81.99 in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants, adopted via Muslims (17.70 in keeping with cent).

    Christians, Sikhs, Jains and the ones following different religions as additionally the non-believers have a miniscule presence, in combination making up for not up to one in keeping with cent of the entire inhabitants.

    Leader Minister Nitish Kumar got here out with a commentary lauding the groups of presidency officers who undertook the large workout.

    He additionally mentioned, “A gathering will quickly be convened of the entire 9 political events with an electoral presence within the state legislature and the info and figures can be shared with them.”

    RJD president Lalu Prasad, who’s Kumar’s best friend in addition to the daddy of his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, additionally issued a commentary, pointing out that the workout will set the tone for “a national caste census which can be undertaken once we shape the following govt on the Centre”.

    Each Prasad and Kumar have performed an instrumental position within the formation of the INDIA coalition, which affirmed its dedication to conserving a caste census at a gathering it held in Bengaluru lately.

    Significantly, the survey used to be ordered ultimate yr after the Narendra Modi govt on the Centre made it transparent that it will no longer have the ability to adopt a headcount of castes as opposed to SCs and STs as a part of the census.

    The ultimate time, a headcount of all castes used to be undertaken, used to be long ago in 1931.

    The ones calling for a contemporary caste survey insist {that a} new estimate used to be required basically for the weaker sections of the society which, with stepped forward lifestyles expectancy within the post-Independence technology, should have observed a upward push of their percentage of the inhabitants.

    The state cupboard gave its nod to carry a caste survey on June 2 ultimate yr when it additionally allotted an quantity of Rs 500 crore for the mammoth workout.

    The survey in short bumped into tough climate when it used to be stayed via the Patna Top Courtroom which used to be listening to a host of petitions difficult the workout.

    Alternatively, the closing date it then set, of February 2023, used to be overshot and the survey itself may just take off no quicker than January 7 this yr.

    Leaders of the ruling Mahagathbandhan within the state had been alleging that the ones submitting petitions had been “BJP supporters”, a price denied via the saffron birthday celebration which underscores that it used to be within the govt when the cupboard nod used to be given for the survey.

  • Patna prime courtroom offers clearance to a caste-based survey in Bihar

    Through Categorical Information Carrier

    PATNA: In a shot within the arm for Nitish Kumar executive, the Patna prime courtroom on Tuesday brushed aside all 5 PIL pleas difficult the verdict of the Bihar executive to behavior a caste-based survey within the state. The order got here as a big aid for the state executive as it’s more likely to resume the caste census. 

    After listening to a complete of 5 PIL pleas difficult more than a few facets of the survey, a bench of leader justice Ok Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarthy pronounced in open courtroom that each one pleas had been brushed aside.

    On July 7, the courtroom had reserved its order and stuck August 1 to pronounce its order after listening to the pleas of the petitioners.

    The Bihar executive, alternatively, had submitted prior to the courtroom that 80% of the survey was once entire. The primary section, which started on January 7, was once a family counting workout and it was once finished via January 21.

    The second one section began on April 15, during which the tips on other people’s caste and their social-economic situation was once gathered. All of the workout was once scheduled to finish via Might 2023.

    Alternatively, listening to the PIL pleas towards the Bihar executive’s formidable choice, the Patna prime courtroom, on Might 4, put an meantime keep on it whilst watching that it prima facie quantities to a census that the state executive has no energy to hold out.

    Recommend Dinu Kumar, showing on behalf of probably the most petitioners, stated that they might transfer the Preferrred Courtroom towards the order of the prime courtroom. He stated the verdict to transport the apex courtroom can be taken after going in the course of the order of the prime courtroom.

    PATNA: In a shot within the arm for Nitish Kumar executive, the Patna prime courtroom on Tuesday brushed aside all 5 PIL pleas difficult the verdict of the Bihar executive to behavior a caste-based survey within the state. The order got here as a big aid for the state executive as it’s more likely to resume the caste census. 

    After listening to a complete of 5 PIL pleas difficult more than a few facets of the survey, a bench of leader justice Ok Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarthy pronounced in open courtroom that each one pleas had been brushed aside.

    On July 7, the courtroom had reserved its order and stuck August 1 to pronounce its order after listening to the pleas of the petitioners.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Bihar executive, alternatively, had submitted prior to the courtroom that 80% of the survey was once entire. The primary section, which started on January 7, was once a family counting workout and it was once finished via January 21.

    The second one section began on April 15, during which the tips on other people’s caste and their social-economic situation was once gathered. All of the workout was once scheduled to finish via Might 2023.

    Alternatively, listening to the PIL pleas towards the Bihar executive’s formidable choice, the Patna prime courtroom, on Might 4, put an meantime keep on it whilst watching that it prima facie quantities to a census that the state executive has no energy to hold out.

    Recommend Dinu Kumar, showing on behalf of probably the most petitioners, stated that they might transfer the Preferrred Courtroom towards the order of the prime courtroom. He stated the verdict to transport the apex courtroom can be taken after going in the course of the order of the prime courtroom.

  • No caste based totally census apart from SCs, STs since Independence: Centre

    Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai mentioned some political events and a couple of organisations have asked to gather caste main points within the imminent Census.

    NEW DELHI: The central govt has no longer enumerated caste-wise inhabitants instead of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) within the Census since independence, the Lok Sabha was once knowledgeable on Tuesday.

    Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai mentioned some political events and a couple of organisations have asked to gather caste main points within the imminent Census.

    He mentioned within the Census, the castes and tribes which can be particularly notified as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as consistent with the Charter (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and the Charter (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, as amended every so often, are enumerated.

    “The federal government of India has no longer enumerated caste-wise inhabitants instead of SCs and STs in Census since independence,” he mentioned, replying to a written query.

  • Day after Patna HC keep, Lalu asks why BJP scared of caste survey

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    PATNA:  Even because the Bihar executive on Friday filed a assessment petition within the courtroom of Leader Justice Patna Top Courtroom, KV Chandran towards the intervening time order handed by means of a department bench on Thursday striking a keep on a caste-based survey within the state, RJD leader Lalu Prasad mentioned that it might happen because it was once the call for of a majority of the folk. 

    The state executive has additionally asked the manager justice to listen to the assessment petition on precedence and cast off it within the subsequent 15 days because the courtroom could be closed for summer time holiday. Resources mentioned the federal government is getting ready to transport SC to problem the intervening time order of the HC. The federal government contended that over 80% of survey paintings has already been carried out and the remainder was once in growth. It had proposed to spend Rs 500 crore on all the workout for the good thing about the deficient. 

    RJD leader and previous leader minister Lalu Prasad attacked the BJP announcing that it was once scared of caste-based survey. “I feel the saffron birthday celebration is scared of caste census. However it is going to happen as it’s the call for of a majority of the folk within the nation,” he mentioned, alleging that now other people have understood BJP’s manoeuvring. 

    PATNA:  Even because the Bihar executive on Friday filed a assessment petition within the courtroom of Leader Justice Patna Top Courtroom, KV Chandran towards the intervening time order handed by means of a department bench on Thursday striking a keep on a caste-based survey within the state, RJD leader Lalu Prasad mentioned that it might happen because it was once the call for of a majority of the folk. 

    The state executive has additionally asked the manager justice to listen to the assessment petition on precedence and cast off it within the subsequent 15 days because the courtroom could be closed for summer time holiday. Resources mentioned the federal government is getting ready to transport SC to problem the intervening time order of the HC. The federal government contended that over 80% of survey paintings has already been carried out and the remainder was once in growth. It had proposed to spend Rs 500 crore on all the workout for the good thing about the deficient. 

    RJD leader and previous leader minister Lalu Prasad attacked the BJP announcing that it was once scared of caste-based survey. “I feel the saffron birthday celebration is scared of caste census. However it is going to happen as it’s the call for of a majority of the folk within the nation,” he mentioned, alleging that now other people have understood BJP’s manoeuvring. googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

  • UP executive walks a good rope over caste census amid Opposition force

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    LUCKNOW: Amid the vociferous call for by way of the opposition led by way of Samajwadi Birthday party (SP) to carry a caste census in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath executive appears to be strolling on a tightrope over the problem calling it a Centre’s prerogative.

    No longer handiest the primary opposition SP but in addition the smaller outfits like OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Birthday party, Keshav Dev Maurya-led Mahan Dal and Babu Singh Kushwaha-led Janadhikar Birthday party together with BJP allies together with Sanjay Nishad’s Nishad Birthday party and Anupriya Patel’s Apna Dal (S) were difficult it. Alternatively, BSP and RLD have not begun to transparent their stand at the factor.

    To the contrary, the BJP has been watching a discreet silence over the problem taking into account its greater ramifications, particularly, in a risky state like UP the place caste performs a the most important position in successful elections.

    Additionally, ‘Hindutva’ being the core of BJP’s politics during which it stresses at the cohesion of Hindus as a substitute of caste department, this sort of workout would abate its objective of mobilizing the Hindus as one unit with the large combat of 2024 only a 12 months away.

    It’s for a similar explanation why that the ruling birthday party is it appears in a quandary over the caste census which is already in growth in neighbouring Bihar.

    UP has over 75 different backward castes (OBC) and 66 scheduled castes (SC) and different sub-castes. Just a selected few like Yadav, Kurmi, Lodh, Rajbhar, Maurya, and Kushwaha amongst OBCs, and Jatav, Pasi, and Valmiki amongst SCs are playing the lion’s proportion of political energy, financial sources, and executive jobs.

    Throughout the continuing price range consultation of the UP Meeting, SP leader, and Chief of the opposition, Akhilesh Yadav reiterated the call for for a caste census at the meeting ground on February 23. He put the ruling birthday party in a good spot by way of asking the treasury benches to return transparent on their stand over the problem.

    “If Bihar will have a caste census, why can’t we? Our birthday party had promised that if voted to energy, we will be able to entire the caste census inside of 3 months,” stated Akhilesh.

    Responding to him, UP Agriculture minister and BJP MLA from Pathardeva in Deoria, known as it the prerogative of the Union executive because it was once the topic indexed at quantity 69 of the Union Record of the 7th Agenda of the Charter of India.

    “The Union Govt has enacted the Census Act, 1948, and Census Regulations, 1990. The topic of keeping a census is throughout the purview of the Centre, now not the state,” stated the minister however the opposition remained company on its call for.

    Whilst the BJP allies together with NISAHD birthday party and Apna Dal (Sonelal) together with SBSP puzzled the SP executive’s ‘state of no activity’ over the problem all over its rule if Akhilesh was once involved concerning the distribution of sources amongst castes as consistent with their illustration.

    But even so the opposition, one of the distinguished OBC faces of the ruling birthday party in UP, Deputy CM Keshav Maurya ruffled many feathers by way of backing the caste census call for early final month. This is a transfer, in keeping with political professionals, as a ploy to scuttle the opposition’s plan to nook the ruling birthday party at the factor.

    Alternatively, a fortnight later, Keshav Maurya junked the opposition call for calling it a trifling ‘dhong’ (pretence) forward of the approaching Lok Sabha elections.

    “They performed ‘Mauni baba’ when in energy, now elevating the call for to achieve political mileage which might now not come true,” stated the UP Deputy CM.

    He had even challenged SP leader Akhilesh Yadav to nominate an individual from every other caste as his birthday party leader to manifest his intent against caste justice.

    If the BJP insiders are to be believed, given his caste credentials, Maurya was once requested by way of the birthday party brass to rebuke the opposition over the problem because the SP had deliberate a 10-day marketing campaign over the problem from February 24 on the grass root stage.

    “The ruling birthday party is strolling a good rope on caste census factor because it has strived to take the backward communities and Dalits together with the higher castes scrupulously below the umbrella of Hindutva within the contemporary years,” says political scientist Prof AK Mishra of Lucknow College.

    In its first time period, the Yogi executive had undertaken a ‘samajik nyay (social justice)’ survey despite the fact that the survey committee document, which defined extra illustration for lesser-represented Dalit and OBC teams, has but to be applied.

    LUCKNOW: Amid the vociferous call for by way of the opposition led by way of Samajwadi Birthday party (SP) to carry a caste census in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath executive appears to be strolling on a tightrope over the problem calling it a Centre’s prerogative.

    No longer handiest the primary opposition SP but in addition the smaller outfits like OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Birthday party, Keshav Dev Maurya-led Mahan Dal and Babu Singh Kushwaha-led Janadhikar Birthday party together with BJP allies together with Sanjay Nishad’s Nishad Birthday party and Anupriya Patel’s Apna Dal (S) were difficult it. Alternatively, BSP and RLD have not begun to transparent their stand at the factor.

    To the contrary, the BJP has been watching a discreet silence over the problem taking into account its greater ramifications, particularly, in a risky state like UP the place caste performs a the most important position in successful elections.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Additionally, ‘Hindutva’ being the core of BJP’s politics during which it stresses at the cohesion of Hindus as a substitute of caste department, this sort of workout would abate its objective of mobilizing the Hindus as one unit with the large combat of 2024 only a 12 months away.

    It’s for a similar explanation why that the ruling birthday party is it appears in a quandary over the caste census which is already in growth in neighbouring Bihar.

    UP has over 75 different backward castes (OBC) and 66 scheduled castes (SC) and different sub-castes. Just a selected few like Yadav, Kurmi, Lodh, Rajbhar, Maurya, and Kushwaha amongst OBCs, and Jatav, Pasi, and Valmiki amongst SCs are playing the lion’s proportion of political energy, financial sources, and executive jobs.

    Throughout the continuing price range consultation of the UP Meeting, SP leader, and Chief of the opposition, Akhilesh Yadav reiterated the call for for a caste census at the meeting ground on February 23. He put the ruling birthday party in a good spot by way of asking the treasury benches to return transparent on their stand over the problem.

    “If Bihar will have a caste census, why can’t we? Our birthday party had promised that if voted to energy, we will be able to entire the caste census inside of 3 months,” stated Akhilesh.

    Responding to him, UP Agriculture minister and BJP MLA from Pathardeva in Deoria, known as it the prerogative of the Union executive because it was once the topic indexed at quantity 69 of the Union Record of the 7th Agenda of the Charter of India.

    “The Union Govt has enacted the Census Act, 1948, and Census Regulations, 1990. The topic of keeping a census is throughout the purview of the Centre, now not the state,” stated the minister however the opposition remained company on its call for.

    Whilst the BJP allies together with NISAHD birthday party and Apna Dal (Sonelal) together with SBSP puzzled the SP executive’s ‘state of no activity’ over the problem all over its rule if Akhilesh was once involved concerning the distribution of sources amongst castes as consistent with their illustration.

    But even so the opposition, one of the distinguished OBC faces of the ruling birthday party in UP, Deputy CM Keshav Maurya ruffled many feathers by way of backing the caste census call for early final month. This is a transfer, in keeping with political professionals, as a ploy to scuttle the opposition’s plan to nook the ruling birthday party at the factor.

    Alternatively, a fortnight later, Keshav Maurya junked the opposition call for calling it a trifling ‘dhong’ (pretence) forward of the approaching Lok Sabha elections.

    “They performed ‘Mauni baba’ when in energy, now elevating the call for to achieve political mileage which might now not come true,” stated the UP Deputy CM.

    He had even challenged SP leader Akhilesh Yadav to nominate an individual from every other caste as his birthday party leader to manifest his intent against caste justice.

    If the BJP insiders are to be believed, given his caste credentials, Maurya was once requested by way of the birthday party brass to rebuke the opposition over the problem because the SP had deliberate a 10-day marketing campaign over the problem from February 24 on the grass root stage.

    “The ruling birthday party is strolling a good rope on caste census factor because it has strived to take the backward communities and Dalits together with the higher castes scrupulously below the umbrella of Hindutva within the contemporary years,” says political scientist Prof AK Mishra of Lucknow College.

    In its first time period, the Yogi executive had undertaken a ‘samajik nyay (social justice)’ survey despite the fact that the survey committee document, which defined extra illustration for lesser-represented Dalit and OBC teams, has but to be applied.

  • INTERVIEW | Now not handiest OBCs, all castes will have to be counted in census: Ramdas Athawale

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    The Centre remaining week gave an extension to a panel analyzing sub-categorization of Different Backward Categories (OBCs) for some other six months. That is the thirteenth extension since its formation in 2017. Former Leader Justice of the Delhi Prime Court docket G Rohini, thus, has time till January 31, 2023 for the big paintings.

    The call for for the sub-categorization stems from the truth that just a handful of overall OBC communities get a significant bite of the reserved jobs and seats in instructional institutes.

    In an interview to Preetha Nair, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale speaks in regards to the standing of the Rohini Fee and the will for a national caste census.

    Excerpts from the interview:

    The Fee’s tenure is prolonged till subsequent yr. Why is the document not on time?
    The Rohini Fee was once shaped by means of the Social Justice Ministry in 2017 to subcategorize round 5,000 sub-castes a few of the OBCs. It’s an onerous process to verify equitable distribution of advantages of reservation a few of the castes or communities within the class of Central record of OBCs. The fee remains to be finding out quite a lot of facets of it. Since this is a complicated matter, the fee has to seek the advice of states.

    The affect is that just a phase of prosperous OBCs will get a lion’s proportion of the advantages. Is the federal government cautious of dropping beef up of sure OBCs?
    I’m really not conscious about the findings of the Fee. As soon as its document is able, it must be mentioned with states. The suggestions additionally want the approval of the Cupboard. Although the panel’s preliminary mandate was once to inspect the distribution of reservation advantages on the Central degree, its phrases of reference have been expanded later. It isn’t a very simple activity.

    The BJP best friend JD-U will habits a caste-based census in Bihar. Your celebration, the RPI, too, has demanded a national caste census…
    I’ve at all times supported caste census. My celebration’s place is that now not handiest OBCs, all castes will have to be counted. This will likely supply transparent knowledge at the caste-based marginalization and deprivation. As soon as all castes are enumerated, we will formulate schemes for probably the most disadvantaged.

    Does the caste survey performed by means of states have any constitutional validity since Census is below Union Record?
    States can do surveys. Not like the Census, it’s now not legally certain. State governments are looking to enumerate the OBC inhabitants so that there’s equitable distribution of welfare schemes. Many NDA allies have demanded a caste-based census. The federal government will have to believe the call for. In Bihar, there are political compulsions.

    The Centre has dominated out a caste census, announcing caste-based enumeration isn’t possible.
    That’s the place of the federal government. My celebration has at all times stood for caste-based census. As an MP, I’ve raised the problem in Parliament again and again and demanded the federal government take a direct resolution. There are apprehensions that caste-based census will result in extra casteism. That’s now not the case.

    Why do you root for caste-based census?
    A caste census will assist determine the economically and socially disadvantaged sections. As soon as the knowledge is to be had, we will be able to design extra programmes for them. There’s a belief that OBC accounts for 52 consistent with cent of the full inhabitants. Alternatively, we wish to have a transparent estimate.

    Is there an apprehension of the repeat of Mandal politics if caste census is performed?
    When the Mandal Fee suggestions got here out, the overall class protested as a result of they felt that they’d lose out on reservations. Now that the NDA govt has equipped 10 consistent with cent reservation to the EWS, we shouldn’t be seeing such outrage.

  • Caste-based census in Bihar quickly as all-party meet provides nod to workout

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    PATNA: Decks were cleared for the caste-based census in Bihar following a gathering of all political events on Wednesday. 

    Leader Minister Nitish Kumar mentioned the caste-based census could be performed inside a period of time.

    Speaking to the media after the all-party assembly, Nitish mentioned {that a} proposal to habits the caste-based census within the state shall be offered within the assembly of the state cupboard quickly for its approval. “The entirety associated with the census shall be performed inside a restricted length,” he added.

    The census will quilt all castes, sub-castes and religions. To make it foolproof, the federal government will be sure correct coaching of the workforce assigned the laborious activity. “The federal government will be sure that no one is not noted of it,” Nitish identified.

    The assembly used to be attended through 9 political events — BJP, JDU, RJD, Congress, CPI-ML (Liberation), CPI, HAM and AIMIM and VIP. CM Nitish, his deputy Tarksihore Prasad, RJD chief Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Congress legislature occasion chief Ajeet Sharma and HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi had been amongst others provide on the assembly.

    Nitish mentioned that the leaders of all political events took a unanimous choice to habits the caste-based census. The census shall be performed with the sources of the state executive. The federal government will prepare budget for the aim.

    To a question, Nitish mentioned that the all-party assembly used to be not on time because of elections. “Previous, we had demanded from the centre to habits a caste-based census on the nationwide degree. Even a delegation had met High Minister Narendra Modi at the factor closing 12 months,” he asserted.

    Later, it used to be determined that the census shall be performed through the state executive. “The entirety associated with the caste-based census shall be put within the public area in order that folks may just get details about the census,” Nitish clarified.
     

  • ‘There is not any different choice’: Sharad Pawar bats for caste census

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    MUMBAI: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday demanded a caste-based census, announcing such an workout was once vital to verify social equality.

    Addressing a gathering of the NCP OBC cellular, Pawar stated everyone will have to get what’s rightfully because of them.

    “We don’t seem to be asking anything else without cost. There is not any choice however to habits a caste-based census,” the previous Union minister stated.

    Pawar stated Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had benefitted because of reservations granted to them by way of the Charter and an identical concessions are required for the Different Backward Categories.

    The NCP chief’s feedback got here within the backdrop of calls for to revive OBC reservation in native frame polls in Maharashtra, the place elections are due this yr in quite a few native self-government establishments.

    The Ultimate Courtroom previous this yr rejected the Maharashtra State Backward Categories Fee’s period in-between file recommending the recovery of 27 consistent with cent reservation for OBCs in native frame polls.

    “To supply concessions, the federal government will have to know the precise OBC inhabitants and therefore a caste-based census was once wanted,” Pawar stated.

    According to the census figures, justice may also be supplied to the neighborhood, stated the NCP chief, whose birthday party is a key constituent within the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.

    Attacking the BJP for criticising the MVA authorities over the problem of political quota for OBCs, Pawar stated, “You had been in energy right here (in Maharashtra) for 5 years (from 2014 to 2019) and proceed to rule in Delhi (on the Centre) since 2014.

    Have been you drowsing until now?” He stated the NCP will face the approaching native frame polls best after resolving the OBC quota factor and added that the social team will unquestionably get its percentage in decision-making.

    The NCP president stated Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar, an best friend of the BJP, has spoken in favour of caste census, however the saffron outfit’s mindset at the factor is other.

    Pawar stated RSS chief Bhaiyyaji Joshi has adversarial a caste-based census, announcing it might ship a flawed message within the society.

    “What’s flawed if a right kind image emerges? The NCP will create consciousness about it,” he stated.