Mayawati demands caste survey in UP immediately

03 Oct 2023 Evaluate

After the public release of caste-based census figures in Bihar, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has demanded a caste-based census in the state, despite opposition from other parties. She claimed that this is the only way to justice for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Mayawati said, ‘The news of the caste census data conducted by the Bihar government being made public is in the news today and intense discussions are going on on it. Some parties are definitely uncomfortable with this, but for BSP this is the first step in the long struggle for the constitutional rights of OBCs’. She said BSP is happy that the nation's politics is taking a new turn in favour of the neglected 'Bahujan Samaj', as a consequence of which even the most extreme ‘anti-caste’ and ‘anti-Mandal’ sects have become worried for their future. 

BSP leader stated that the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government should now start a caste census or survey immediately in line with sentiment of the public, 'the right solution will be found only when the central government conducts the caste census at the national and gives them their due rights.' Bihar's total population stood at a little over 13.07 crore, out of which the Extremely Backward Classes at 36 per cent were the largest social segment followed by the Other Backward Classes at 27.13 per cent, according to the data.



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