Bihar politics get complicated over caste-based population census

Written By : ABP News Bureau | 25 Jul 2021 10:36 AM (IST)

In a jolt to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has been batting for caste-based census for long, the Central government has said that, as a matter of policy, it will not enumerate caste-wise population data, other than on SCs and STs.

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