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New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) has said it would pursue the cause of a nationwide caste census and highlighted its demand for special category status for Bihar, even as it emphasised that its support for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was unconditional...
JD(U) spokesperson K.C. Tyagi said Thursday that no party in the country had so far said no to a caste-based census..
Bihar has shown the path, Tyagi said..
These are the JD(U) in Bihar, which won 12 seats, and the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, which netted 16.. Tyagi also said Thursday that Bihar should be given special category status..
Special category status means that a state gets more financial assistance from the Centre for spending on welfare schemes over and above its allotted share, according to the Finance Commissions recommendations..
