Caste census

Rahul Gandhi claimed that PM Modi was born into Teli ‘upper caste’ Modh Ghanchi family and is not from the OBC community as he claims and his party’s government included his caste as OBC in 2000. It is interesting to note that Gandhi very shrewdly twisted the facts here.

The recent resurgence of caste politics in Bihar raises concerns about Bihar's economic trajectory. Odisha's per capita GDP is thrice that of Bihar.

The Bihar government had put the entire might of the administration at work to conduct the caste-based survey in the state.

BJP has been demanding a probe in the teachers' recruitment process alleging that 37,500 teachers already in service have been reappointed and 30,000 are from other states.

As per the proposal, the current reservation for SC which stands at 16%, could be increased to 20%, reservations for ST could be raised from 1% to 2%.

Amit Shah accused Bihar govt of deliberately inflating the population of Muslims and Yadavs in the caste census as part of its “appeasement politics”.

Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav also emphasised that Congress has now realised that voters in backward communities don’t support their party.

Chinese commentator Hu Xijin expressed confidence that India would not be able to progress due to caste conflicts

"What rights should be given to Adivasis today, what part should be given to the OBC and ST categories, this is the question in front of the country and that is why we are talking about caste census, we will get it done," he added.

The court also sought to know from the Bihar government why they published the data. The court was hearing petitions challenging the Patna High Court's decision to uphold the caste survey initiated by the Bihar Government.