After much political murmuring, an all-party meeting led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over conducting a caste-based census will be held on June 1, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling alliance partner of the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], too will participate in it.
Bihar Parliamentary Affairs Minister and senior JD(U) functionary Vijay Kumar Choudhary said all political parties have given their consent for the meeting to be held at 4.00 p.m. “Based on the meeting, the matter can be brought before the Cabinet for a final decision to be taken at the government level”, he stated.
“The Chief Minister had announced to conduct a caste-based census on the State’s resources after the Prime Minister expressed his inability to include the caste enumeration along with the census”, Mr. Choudhary said on Tuesday.
