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  Tejashwi Yadav writes to 33 senior non-BJP leaders, seeks demand of caste-based census

  News | September 25, 2021 13:21 IST

  Tejashwi Yadav has written a letter to 33 non-BJP senior leaders, seeking demand of caste-based census. He said that the centre isn't in favour of caste census.

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  Seven-member committee constituted by Congress to study matters of caste census

  India | September 04, 2021 7:42 IST

  Earlier in the Lok Sabha, several opposition members demanded the caste-based census.

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  PM Modi listened to everyone's opinion: CM Nitish on Caste Census

  News | August 24, 2021 18:00 IST

  A day after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding caste-based census, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on August 24 said that PM listened to everyone's opinion carefully and now he has to make a decision.

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  Caste-based census: Mamata Banerjee says will accept it if all parties agree

  India | August 24, 2021 13:56 IST

  Mamata Banerjee's statement came at the backdrop of a 10-party delegation from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to push for a caste-based census.

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  BJP not averse to caste census: Sushil Kumar Modi

  India | August 23, 2021 10:51 IST

  Nitish Kumar's JD(U), RJD and other political parties from Bihar are pressing for a caste-based census. They are saying that the exercise will not only benefit Bihar, but the whole country.  

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  Nitish Kumar-led delegation to demand caste census in meeting with PM Modi today

  India | August 23, 2021 0:00 IST

  On Saturday, the Bihar government released the list of 11 members who will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the issue of caste-based census.

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  10-party delegation to meet PM Modi over caste census demand on Monday: Nitish Kumar

  India | August 21, 2021 17:25 IST

  Pitching for caste census, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that it is the desire of the people that there must be a caste census. I hope there will be a positive discussion on this.

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  Why Opposition wants caste census in Bihar?

  News | July 30, 2021 22:33 IST

  Leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Friday met Bihar Chief Minister and urged him to take up the issue of a caste-based census with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In this regard, the CM has agreed, in principle, claimed Tejashwi.

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  Why RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is demanding caste census in Bihar?

  India | July 30, 2021 23:35 IST

  The issue has gained momentum after Centre’s recent statement in the Parliament that a caste-based census would include only the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes has triggered a fresh demand for inclusion of the OBCs, who dominate the political scenario in Bihar post-implementation of the Mandal commission report.

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  Caste Census A Historic Development, Says Karunanidhi

  Politics | August 12, 2010 21:20 IST

  Karuna  Chennai, Welcoming the Group of Ministers decision to introduce caste census from biometric stage of enumeration, DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday hailed it as a historic development.  Noting

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  Centre To Write To Parties On Caste Based Census

  Politics | July 03, 2010 17:00 IST

  In a bid to bring about consensus on inclusion of caste in census, the Centre will write to all political parties seeking their views on the issue, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday.

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