The Bihar caste survey inflated the variety of Muslims and Yadavs within the state and decreased the variety of Extraordinarily Backward Lessons as a part of the state authorities’s appeasement politics, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah alleged on Sunday.
The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering chief made the feedback whereas addressing his first rally within the state because the Grand Alliance authorities in Bihar led by Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar launched the findings of the survey.
On Sunday, Shah mentioned that the BJP was a part of the Bihar authorities when the choice to hold out the caste survey was taken.
“The survey inflated the numbers of Yadavs and Muslims, whereas the variety of EBCs [Extremely Backward Classes] was decreased,” the house minister alleged. “Injustice was carried out to the backward courses and EBCs by the Lalu-Nitish duo.”
Shah accused the Rashtriya Janata Dal of partaking in appeasement politics. “In Muzaffarpur, Sasaram, Bihar Sharif, Purnea, Katihar, Bhagalpur, and different elements of Bihar, they’ve tried to appease Muslims,” he mentioned. “If this isn’t stopped, the border area will face an enormous downside.”
The Bihar caste survey had revealed that the Extraordinarily Backward Lessons, at 36%, had been the biggest social phase adopted by the Different Backward Lessons at 27.13% of Bihar’s little over 13.07 crore inhabitants. It additionally discovered that the Muslim inhabitants stood at 17.70% whereas Hindus comprised practically 82% of the state’s inhabitants.
The Yadavs had been the single-largest caste group, accounting for 14.27% of the full inhabitants in Bihar. The neighborhood kinds a part of the Different Backward Lessons within the state.
Bihar’s coalition authorities, primarily comprising the Janata Dal (United), the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress, argued {that a} caste-based survey would assist determine the true inhabitants of the state’s Different Backward Lessons and different castes, serving to pave the way in which for insurance policies resembling expanded quotas.
Shah’s claims in regards to the Bihar caste survey come at a time when the Opposition events are demanding a nationwide caste census to nook the ruling BJP.
On October 9, the Congress introduced that it might perform a nationwide caste census if voted to energy in subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections. The Opposition celebration has additionally promised to conduct caste surveys in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana if it wins the upcoming Meeting elections.