Castes and sub-castes of all religions will be counted in Bihar, decision in all-party meeting
Castes and sub-castes of all religions will be counted in Bihar. This decision was taken unanimously in the all-party meeting held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar regarding the caste census. After the meeting, the Chief Minister said that the caste-based census would be completed by setting a very short time limit. For this, work will be done on a large scale. Soon the information about the time limit will also be made public after taking a decision from the cabinet.
Leaders of nine parties including Deputy Chief Minister cum BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad and RJD leader cum Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav participated in this meeting held in the dialogue of Chief Minister’s Secretariat. The Chief Minister said that in the meeting, everyone spoke on the basis of caste-based census. It was unanimously decided that caste based census will be done in Bihar.
Complete information will be taken about each person. For this, all the people who will be engaged in the enumeration by the state government, they will first be trained. Money will be needed for this work. This will also be managed. A complete advertisement will be published about caste based census, so that people know each and every thing. The parties will also be informed about this. It is to be known that the General Administration Department will conduct the calculation.
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Its purpose is to advance the people
The Chief Minister said that the purpose of conducting caste-based census is to take people forward. Our plan is that everyone should develop properly. If someone is behind, don’t ignore him. Whatever community and caste you belong to, the number of all will be noted. Will publish it after it is done. All the parties will be informed about this continuously, so that no one is left out. There are many sub-castes in different castes. Therefore, if any sub-caste speaks, then the neighbors who belong to the same sub-caste will say that they belong to such and such caste. This will be noted only after taking their consent.
poor will also be recognized
The Chief Minister said that after the completion of caste-based census, it will also be known who is poor, who is what? All this information will also be taken under it. We all have to move forward. No one is left behind. So everything will be done.
should have been at the national level
On a question, the Chief Minister said that we met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested that there should be a caste census at the national level. But, after some time it happened that at the national level it would not happen. It has to be done at the state level. This has to be done on your behalf at the state level. In between, there has been a slight delay in the all-party meeting regarding the Legislative Council elections etc. On a question, he said that there was no opposition to the calculation of caste. It was only said that this is not happening at the national level. But, all the states are considering getting it done gradually. If this is done in all the states, then this figure will come automatically at the national level.
The delegation met the PM on August 23
On August 23, 2021, a delegation led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met the Prime Minister in Delhi and urged him to conduct a caste census in the country. Leaders of 10 parties accompanied the Chief Minister to Delhi. These include Tejashwi Yadav of RJD, Vijay Chaudhary of JDU, Janak Ram of BJP, Ajit Sharma of Congress, Mehboob Alam of ML, Mukesh Sahni of VIP, Jitan Ram Manjhi of HAM, Akhtarul Iman of AIMIM, Suryakant Paswan of CPI and Ajay of CPI(M). Kumar was involved.
The resolution was passed by the assembly twice
The resolution has been passed twice by the Bihar Legislative Assembly to conduct caste census in the country. It was passed by the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council in February 2019. Then, in February 2020 also, a resolution to conduct caste census was passed from the assembly.
BJP gave consent
Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad has said that BJP has agreed to conduct caste based census in Bihar. He said this after attending the all-party meeting. He said that the party’s state president Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal was also present in the meeting. He also spoke in the meeting and agreed to the proposal of the state government.
