Caste Census For Obc

A caste census is a "sensitive issue... to be dealt with very seriously and is not for election campaigning", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, said at its Kerala conference.

He also chided the Congress for "making a mere mention of caste census and OBCs and not following these up with Bihar's demand.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked for a show of hands from journalists at a press conference to know how many of them were Dalits and OBCs to make a point that people from weaker sections were not getting their share in the country's assets.

Bihar government on Monday released of data from a state-wide caste-based survey, which indicated that 36 per cent of the population are from Extremely Backward Classes, 27 per cent are from Backward Classes and 19 per cent are from Scheduled Castes.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has endorsed party MP Rahul Gandhi's suggestion of increasing the quota limit for reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, sources said.

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions for a caste-based census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming Census.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a Maharashtra government plea seeking a direction to the Centre to disclose to the state the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 raw caste data on Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

BSP chief Mayawati today expressed grave concern over the Central government's "refusal" for caste Census of backward classes and said it exposed the BJP of using the community only for its electoral interests.

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday reiterated the demand for caste census and favoured "breaking" the 50 per cent ceiling on reservations if the population of SCs, STs and OBCs was found to be more than half of the total.

Taking a cue from Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal, the ruling Janata Dal-United in Bihar has also sought enhanced reservation benefits for members of the Other Backward Class (OBC) - a politically significant section of the population - in the country. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spoke in support of such a move at a press meet today, but admitted...

The decision to collect data on Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in the 2021 Census seems to be a "mischievous step" of the government to further divide the population, Opposition leader Sharad Yadav said on Saturday.

A caste census is a "sensitive issue... to be dealt with very seriously and is not for election campaigning", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, said at its Kerala conference.

He also chided the Congress for "making a mere mention of caste census and OBCs and not following these up with Bihar's demand.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked for a show of hands from journalists at a press conference to know how many of them were Dalits and OBCs to make a point that people from weaker sections were not getting their share in the country's assets.

Bihar government on Monday released of data from a state-wide caste-based survey, which indicated that 36 per cent of the population are from Extremely Backward Classes, 27 per cent are from Backward Classes and 19 per cent are from Scheduled Castes.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has endorsed party MP Rahul Gandhi's suggestion of increasing the quota limit for reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, sources said.

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions for a caste-based census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming Census.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a Maharashtra government plea seeking a direction to the Centre to disclose to the state the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 raw caste data on Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

BSP chief Mayawati today expressed grave concern over the Central government's "refusal" for caste Census of backward classes and said it exposed the BJP of using the community only for its electoral interests.

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday reiterated the demand for caste census and favoured "breaking" the 50 per cent ceiling on reservations if the population of SCs, STs and OBCs was found to be more than half of the total.

Taking a cue from Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal, the ruling Janata Dal-United in Bihar has also sought enhanced reservation benefits for members of the Other Backward Class (OBC) - a politically significant section of the population - in the country. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spoke in support of such a move at a press meet today, but admitted...

The decision to collect data on Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in the 2021 Census seems to be a "mischievous step" of the government to further divide the population, Opposition leader Sharad Yadav said on Saturday.