BJP likely to favour caste-based census

Aug 03, 2010 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

The BJP is in a dilemma over the caste census issue. With the RSS opposed to the issue and a section within the party strongly supporting it, the party, it was learnt, is likely to favour inclusion of caste in the Census but would refrain from going into details of the individual castes. The party is likely to favour broad category of castes like

General, OBC, SC or ST to be included in the Census. The party’s core group is meeting on August 6 to discuss the issue. The BJP and other political parties have to send their final view on inclusion of caste in Census to the government by August 7.
The BJP which had strongly supported the caste census issue, was left in a lurch after the RSS protested against the demographic exercise claiming that it would only divide the society and reverse country’s growth rate. But a section within the party is in favour of the caste based census, which would also help the party in wooing the OBC votebank, sources said.

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Chhagan to meet PM over census
Age Correspondent
New Delhi

Aug. 2: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal is on a special mission. He is camping in New Delhi to mobilise support for caste-based census.
Mr Bhujbal, the prominent OBC leader from Maharashtra, met several leaders during the day, including Janata Dal(U) chief Sharad Yadav, deputy leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde, Union minister Mukul Wasnik and MPs belonging to the Samajwadi Party, RJD and the Congress.
He is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Leaders of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in the next few days. According to the sources, the BJP is expected to make its stand clear on this issue by August 9.

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