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Patna: Two-time Bihar chief Minister Karpoori Thakur died of a heart attack in 1988..
On Monday, two days before his 100th birth anniversary, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced that he will be honoured with a Bharat Ratna...
The very fact that two rival parties are claiming his legacy proves that Karpoori Thakur is still relevant for the votes of the downtrodden sections of Bihar, said former MP Vijay Krishna, one of Thakurs followers...
In line with the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission, Thakur set aside a 12 percent quota for EBCs, 8 percent for OBCs, 3 percent for women cutting across caste lines, and 3 percent for the poor among upper castes...
Since then, the BJP has been working on EBC votes in a major way, projecting an EBC deputy CM, Renu Devi, after the 2020 assembly polls, making an EBC its leader in the state legislative council last year, and holding functions in the name of Karpoori Thakur...
