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“People belonging to transgender community can be of any caste” (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said that the transgender community can’t be considered a separate caste. The Supreme Court made the observation while hearing a request against the Bihar government’s decision to include the transgender community in the caste list as a separate…
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Tehashwi Yadav that Bihar has set a trend for the nation with the caste survey Patna: Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav slammed the leaders of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), in Opposition in the state, for criticising the caste survey and implying that the survey data was manipulated to suit his party, the…
The Congress said said all parties, including the opposition, were happy and gave their suggestions. Patna: At an all-party meeting called a day after results of the caste survey were released, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar promised to put the socio-economic data in the public domain as well, but did not specify a timeline for…
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Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey. Patna: Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said he saw “80 per cent supporters” of his party in the findings of the caste survey released by the Nitish Kumar government the day before. Addressing a press conference at the state…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all-party meet to discuss the caste report (File). New Delhi: The Bihar government on Monday released data from a controversial caste-based survey that said nearly 63.1 per cent of the state’s 13.1 crore population belong to backward classes and nearly 85 per cent belong to either a…
PM Modi was at a camapign event in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the opposition of “trying to divide the country in the name of caste”, in a sharp comment that came hours after the Bihar government released details of its controversial state-wide caste-based survey. The Prime Minister…
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated the survey team for its work Patna: The publication of Bihar’s caste survey data this afternoon sparked sharp exchanges between the ruling coalition of Janata Dal United and Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the Opposition BJP. While JDU leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally and RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad…
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JDU and RJD have hit out the centre over the back-to-back affidavits New Delhi: The centre’s affidavit in Supreme Court on the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste survey, and its correction hours later, has “exposed the BJP” and its “motive to block the survey”, the Opposition has alleged. This comes after an affidavit…
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