National Commission for Backward Classes: Missing in action for four months now forwardpress.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forwardpress.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Chairman Dr Bhagwan Lal Sahni on Friday said caste-based census is a legitimate demand and it would help in making better policies. Sahni said several organisations have met him with this demand and he has apprised the authorities concerned of the matter. It is for the government to act now, he told reporters in Patna.
Dr Bhagwan Lal Sahni, Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), stated on Friday that a caste-based census is a legitimate demand.
Amid calls for a caste-based census, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's demand to ascertain the numbers of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is intriguing. Unlike the Hindi heartland, Odisha is not known for its overt OBC politics. But like that of his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar, Patnaik's move has discomforted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has played the OBC
The politics of OBC: Battle for the backwards indiatoday.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatoday.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.