PATNA: The BJP on Wednesday sought an apology from RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav for lumping together animals, birds, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) groups of people as one in his claim that if their census could be conducted, then why not the general caste census of the people in the country.
BJP national spokesman Guru Prasad Paswan told mediapersons here that the manner in which Tejashwi had presented his demand with regard to the general caste census has hurt the sentiments of the SC and ST people.
“Tejashwi has hurt the sentiments of 20% of the people of the state. Therefore, he should immediately make a public apology. Failing this, these sections will be forced to make public protests against him,” Paswan said.
From July this year, the demand for the caste census in the country became strident in the state, after Union minister Nityanand Rai told Parliament that the caste-wise enumeration of population, except of SCs and STs, would not be conducted during the Census 2021.
