Nitish meets Modi on caste-based census

August 23, 2021 10:52

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar arrives at South Block to meet PM Narendra Modi over caste census. Nitish will lead a team of 11 political leaders from the state, including RJD's Tejashwi Yadav.

Apart from Tejashwi Yadav, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and education minister Vijay Kumar Chowdhry will also accompany Nitish Kumar for the meeting with PM Modi.

"To hold a caste-based Census has been a long-standing demand of Bihar. In this regard, we are meeting the PM today," says HAM president and former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi.

2. The issue of a caste-based Census has been a longstanding matter for the people of Bihar. The issue has once again started to heat up in Bihar after a statement by the Centre in Parliament last month that populations of only SCs and STs were proposed to be enumerated.

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