Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has set the national agenda ahead of the 2024 general election with the caste survey conducted in the State, Janata Dal (United)‘s Rajiv Ranjan Singh said on Wednesday. In an interview with The Hindu, he also criticised the BJP for alleging large-scale irregularities in the survey’s data collection process during an all-party meeting in Patna on Tuesday.
Countering the BJP’s claim, Mr. Singh said that they have not produced any concrete evidence to prove their assertion. “They are making these wild allegations, because they have been bent upon stalling the count, going till the Supreme Court, where the Solicitor-General himself argued against it. They can no longer whip up religious sentiments. The caste count exposes the unequal economic growth in different caste groups who will now demand answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Mr. Singh said.
