Will PM Modi give nod to caste-based census? | Hoonkar (23 August, 2021)

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with a 10-member all-party delegation from the state on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press the demand for a caste-based census.

It is learnt that during the meeting both Kumar and Yadav strongly pressed for the caste-based census. After the meeting, Nitish Kumar said that the Prime Minister listened to the points of every leader. Caste-based Census other than for SCs and STs has not been undertaken in the country after 1931.