Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday reacted with exasperation over the opposition faced by the 바카라head count of caste바카라 underway in the state, saying that holding such a survey is not a crime.
He asserted that the state is not conducting a caste census but only collecting information related to people바카라s economic status and their caste so that specific steps could be taken by the government to serve them better.
바카라The ongoing caste survey is a good initiative taken by us. People will be hugely benefited after the recognition of their economic status, whether they belong to the upper caste, backward caste or extremely weaker sections of the society.
바카라I don바카라t understand why a section of people are against this exercise바카라 They are challenging it. Is it a crime? No, it is not,바카라 Kumar said while addressing a conference of Civil Servants here.
An organisation had claimed that it was not a survey for a sample population but a census involving house-to-house enumeration of all people, which only the Centre can undertake. The organisation had moved the Supreme Court against the state government바카라s decision but it refused to entertain the plea.
The top court, however, on Friday allowed the petitioner to approach the Patna High Court and directed it to decide the petition expeditiously.
바카라Data related to people바카라s economic status and their caste will be collected during the headcount so that the state government could know how many people are poor and what sort of steps needs to be taken to bring them into the mainstream,바카라 said the chief minister.
All parties in Bihar had the same view when the state government decided to hold the caste-based survey, he said.
The first round of caste survey in Bihar was conducted between January 7 and 21. The second round started on April 15 and will continue till May 15.
-With PTI Input
