Bihar Assembly favours caste-based census in 2021 in one voice

Two days after expressing a united resolve that the National Population Register exercise be done strictly according to the 2010 format minus the new contentious clauses, the Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution favouring caste-based census in 2021.

Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary read out the proposal to this effect in the pre-lunch session which was approved by all the members by thumping of desks.

Like on Tuesday, the BJP with over 50 MLAs in the state, where it is sharing power with the JD(U), backed the resolution in favour of inclusion of caste in the upcoming population enumeration job.

The all-party resolution in favour of caste-based census received the House nod for the second time in just over a year.

The Bihar Assembly had on February 18 last year passed a unanimous resolution for carrying out caste census.

Such an exercise was last conducted in 1931.

"... This is an appropriate time when the House should convey its sentiments to the authorities ...