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Bihar's caste survey a brave step forward; Maharashtra should follow: NCP MLA
Updated On: 03 October, 2023 09:57 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad has hailed the Bihar government`s caste survey and demanded that a similar exercise be carried out in all states of the country, including Maharashtra, alleging that the rights of the Other Backward Classes were being snatched away
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The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad has hailed the Bihar government`s caste survey and demanded that a similar exercise be carried out in all states of the country, including Maharashtra, alleging that the rights of the Other Backward Classes were being snatched away.
PTI reported that Awhad made this demand in a video message posted on social media platform X on Monday night. "Bihar has taken a brave step forward. It took a decision to conduct a caste-based census. And what truth came out of it (caste-based census)? It revealed that the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) comprise 61 per cent of the population. The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs together form 85 per cent of its population," he said.
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