Patna: adding fresh fuel to the fire demand for caste census, RJD president then Prasad on Wednesday said all retreat, very backward, dalit and the country’s minority might boycott the quiet census, if the number of caste titles was not allowed in the upcoming census-2021.
Taking to Twitter, he said, “If the enumeration of wise populations is not done in the upcoming Census-2021, all retreat, very backward, dalit and a minority of the whole country, besides Bihar, can boycott the ten-year census.
When the majority of the population does not benefit from Census data, will we make pickles from animal calculation data? “The statement then invited a sharp reaction from BJP.
A BJP OBC Morcha Secretary General and Spokesman for Bihar BBP Nikhil Anand said, “The statement was very ridiculous.
He wants to play an emotional card by raising the case of the caste census.
He wants to save the drowning boat from his RJD.
If Ji is very concerned about the problem Caste Census, he must first submit a number of questions from his Allied Congress.
In 2011 when the consensus had emerged after the resolution in parliament, why did the Congress Census Caste in this country? Why did the congress commit fraud in the name of Caste Census? Why Congress Census Socio-economic caste (SECC) on behalf of ‘Caste-census’ from PurView of the Census Act? Why Congress spends RS 5,000 Crore on behalf of the Celter Census of Social Economics? “Anand also said that Congress only did a ‘sample survey’ on behalf of SECC.
“Did Congress conducted a caste census in 2011, today all states will have a position to complete the case of caste-wise? Currently countries are not in a position to provide caste data because the SECC has a difference in the data,” BJP leader said.
Caste-based census demand has become a big problem in Bihar politics.
Bihar is only a few states in which both parties in power (JDU) and the main opposition (RJD) support the count of a wise population in the upcoming census.
CM Nitish Kumar has been looking for an appointment with PM Narendra Modi to discuss this issue.
Nitish recently also hinted that if the center did not approve the country’s demand, it might take opinions from all stakeholders to carry out exercises at the state level.
Apart from Bihar, countries such as Maharashtra and Odisha also urge the center to conduct a caste-based census.