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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Socio-economic caste census: Numbers not being revealed to hide upper caste dominance in governance? -Rajesh Ramachandran

Socio-economic caste census: Numbers not being revealed to hide upper caste dominance in governance? -Rajesh Ramachandran

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published Published on Jul 13, 2015   modified Modified on Jul 13, 2015
-The Economic Times

Nobody has ever accused former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav of number crunching. All his life he has milked cows and caste without ever needing to count. Yet, he is all set to lead a protest march in Patna on July 13 seeking the publication of caste data in the socio-economic caste census. If the other big Yadav chieftain, Mulayam Singh Yadav, rakes it up in Uttar Pradesh too, this issue can assume critical mass forcing the BJP-led central government to act. And if it doesn't act, the refusal to publish caste numbers could become a rallying point against the BJP in the Bihar polls, where castes are the constant factors in the poll calculus.

The pundits have insisted that the government is hiding the caste census data fearing a backlash from the backward castes. According to the 1931 census and the 1980 Mandal commission, the backward classes numbered around 54% of the total population and if the new census figures are higher than this, the  backward classes could ask for a bigger share in education and jobs.

Denial of caste numbers could be portrayed as an attempt to deny the rightful proportion of jobs and educational opportunities and be turned into an emotive issue for Lalu Prasad's 12% Yadavs who lag behind in education, jobs and upward mobility.

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The Economic Times, 12 July, 2015, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/socio-economic-caste-census-numbers-not-being-revealed-to-hide-upper-caste-dominance-in-governance/artic


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