Key Points
Patna: Questions are being raised by Bihar politicians, including an MP from Nitish Kumars Janata Dal (United), about the authenticity of the caste surveys findings that were released on Gandhi Jayanti...
One of the disgruntled voices, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) chief Upendra Kushwaha has announced that his party would undertake a protest march on 14 October demanding an authentic caste survey...
In the ruling JD(U), Sitamarhi MP Sunil Kumar Pintu held a meeting of Vaishyas and Telis Sunday, stressing that the survey has undermined the number of the two castes..
The Mallahs are pegged at 2.6 percent of Bihars population, but Sahani, who is not allied either with the NDA or the INDIA, puts the figure at 9.5 percent and asks all these castes to unite if they want to capture power...
The Extremely Backward Classes form 36.01 percent of Bihars population, Other Backward Classes 27.12 percent, SCs 19.65 Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes 1.68 percent, according to the caste survey..
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