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The impact of the Bihar caste survey | Explained

Bihar govt. publishes caste survey report, showing EBCs & OBCs make up 63% of population. Report likely to increase reservation quota & revive 'mandal vs kamandal' politics. Ruling coalition parties say they will review welfare schemes for poor & marginalised sections.

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With Bihar caste survey, Nitish Kumar has set the national agenda, says JD(U) chief

The Bihar government will soon release the socio-economic profile of the caste groups too

The Hindu

Chirag Paswan questions Bihar caste census data

Paswan said the problem particularly affects many smaller caste groups

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Caste census offers a self-propagating campaign for the Opposition

Opposition has been handed a self-propagating campaign to fuel their 2024 election campaign. It provides an agenda that resonates with a significant section of the population, confronts PM Modi's pro-OBC image and reinvents caste-based politics. It puts OBCs at 63%, EBCs at 36%. INDIA bloc to hold rally in Patna…

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Bihar CM holds all-party meeting over caste survey report

According to sources, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar informed those at the meeting that “socio-economic profile of castes will be provided to all political parties ahead of upcoming winter session of the State Assembly”.

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Supreme Court to hear pleas against Bihar caste survey matter on October 6

On Monday, the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released findings of its much-awaited caste survey months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Front pages on Bihar’s caste survey: How Nitish ‘stole a march’ over BJP and Congress

The results of the Bihar caste survey are out. OBCs comprise 27 percent of the state’s population while EBCs make up 36 percent – a total of 63 percent. Hindus make up over 80 percent of the population and Muslims a little over 17 percent.

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Bihar’s political arithmetic in the aftermath of the caste-based survey

With the release of caste-based survey, the EBC politics will have an upper edge in Bihar as their number has increased from 30% to 36%.

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"Tomorrow we will keep everything in all-party meeting": Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after caste survey data released

As the Bihar government released caste survey data, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the report will be presented in the all-party meeting scheduled on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bihar caste survey results may open door to challenging 50% ceiling on reservations

With the EBCs accounting for 36% of Bihar’s population, and Nitish Kumar being credited for fashioning a support base from this category in the last two decades, his claims to the top chair in the INDIA bloc will be hard to ignore.

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Caste Census report released in Bihar; OBCs, EBCs are above 63 per cent

The Bihar Government on October 2 released a report on the caste-based survey which has been conducted amid a case pending in the Supreme Court on the validity of such a survey. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lalu meets Nitish Kumar amid talks of seat sharing

RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met to discuss seat sharing in upcoming Lok Sabha election. They also discussed controversy over RJD MP's recitation of 'Thakur poem' and INDIA bloc's move to counter BJP and PM Modi

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar loses cool over English signboard

At the inauguration of the new building of Sadar Hospital in Bihar’s Banka district, CM Nitish Kumar saw a board with the words ‘Digital Library - Banka’ posted outside the hospital’s digital library. Mr. Kumar became livid at the sight of the board, and District Magistrate Anshul Kumar and other officials…

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Nitish Kumar rules out return to NDA; BJP says won't take back even if he begs

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ruled out returning to the NDA while speaking on the sidelines of a function to mark RSS icon Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary

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Suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar leaves two dead

The Nitish Kumar government imposed a complete ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in Bihar in 2016.

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Bihar: In rerun of Motihari horror, 2 die, 3 lose eyesight after consuming spurious liquor in Muzaffarpur; 2 held

In a near rerun of the horrific events of April this year, two people died and another three lost their eyesight in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district after allegedly consuming spurious liquor on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP president J.P. Nadda to visit Bihar on October 5

BJP President J.P. Nadda to visit Bihar on October 5 to celebrate 100th birth anniversary of Kailashpati Mishra, a founding member of the party. BJP plans to organise several events till Nov 3 to celebrate Mishra's anniv. BJP leaders assert they will win 30 out of 40 LS seats in…

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Bihar BJP slams Lalu, Nitish over land for job scam case

“Corruption is the family business of Lalu Prasad,” Mr. Sinha said.

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JD(U), RJD push for “quota within quota” for backward class women

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, and and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rabri Devi welcomed the Women’s Reservation Bill but also advocated for a “quota within quota” for women from backward and extremely backward classes

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Bihar shows the way to Centre for women’s reservation Bill, claims JD(U)

JD(U) national general secretary and party spokesperson Rajib Ranjan said “Bihar is the only state where women have been given 35% reservation in government jobs and in the education department the quota is 50%.”

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How INDIA selected 14 anchors to boycott: Review of anchors’ social media, hate on debates

In the run-up to the opposition INDIA alliance’s blacklisting of 14 TV news anchors last week, almost all the members of the 26-party bloc’s coordination committee narrowed down on names of “partisan” anchors ahead of a joint discussion.

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NDA will win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in 2024 polls, says Amit Shah

NDA to win all 40 LS seats in Bihar in 2024, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He said law and order deteriorating in Bihar and alliance will worsen it. He claimed alliance opposed Ram temple and Article 370 removal. PM Modi will become PM in 2024, he added, citing…

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Bihar Education Minister stirs row, compares Ramcharitmanas to cyanide

Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar caused controversy by comparing Hindu scripture Ramcharitmanas to potassium cyanide. Opposition BJP slammed him, while ruling coalition distanced themselves. Chandra Shekhar had made similar statements in the past, which caused embarrassment to the coalition.

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At least 12 go missing as boat capsizes in Bihar

At least 12 people, including 6 children, missing after boat capsizes in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. Rescue teams launched; CM Nitish Kumar says government will provide assistance to affected families. Boat was carrying 30 people, including school children, when it overturned mid-stream. Villagers say if bridge had been built, tragedy could…

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Bihar: 10 school children go missing after boat capsizes in Bagmati river in Muzaffarpur

The boat was carrying 30 children, and 20 of them have so far been rescued. Read further on Dynamite News:

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