Patna (Bihar) [India]: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss the caste-based census.
“I had sought an appointment with the PM to meet him along with a delegation from Bihar to conduct the caste-based census. Many thanks to the respected Prime Minister for giving time to meet on August 23,” Nitish Kumar said in an official statement.
Nitish’s Janata Dal (United) is an ally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar and favours caste-based census. The state Chief Minister has been advocating for a caste-based census in the country and had thus sought an appointment with the Prime Minister.
“The demand of the caste census is not just the demand from Bihar but other states also. Our party MPs had written a letter seeking time to meet the Prime Minister. The opposition parties in Bihar also wanted to meet the Prime Minister with us. We had written a letter to the Prime Minister regarding this,” he had said on Monday.
The caste-based census and its impact on the country’s political landscape remain a sensitive issue for the government, given the fact that seven states will go for assembly polls over the next year.
Nitish said a resolution regarding the caste-based census was passed unanimously in Bihar Legislative Assembly as well as the Legislative Council in 2019. A resolution was passed unanimously once again in 2020 in the state Legislative Assembly. (ANI)
Must Read
- Caste Census is must : Nitish
- 'Will do whatever is sensible for our people to reduce…
- Centre, BJP planning to ensure there is no caste-based…
- Exclusion of any caste other than SC/ST from 2021 Census, a…
- SC junks plea against continuity of caste-based reservation…
- Nitish Kumar : Transforming 'Bihar' is a Big Challenge!
- Nitish Kumar announces Rs 2 lakh aid for kin of Uttarakhand…
- Nitish Kumar says, crime rate in Bihar has come down after…
- Nitish Kumar meets Prashant Kishor, says no special meaning…
- Fiery exchange between Nitish Kumar, Speaker Sinha in Bihar…