At rally in Bihar, Amit Shah seeks to discredit caste survey; Tejashwi, JD(U) hit back
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Nov 5, 2023 11:16
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday sought to discredit the caste survey conducted by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, alleging that the number of "Muslims and Yadavs" in the state had been "deliberately inflated".
Addressing a rally in the town of Muzaffarpur, Shah claimed that Kumar buckled under pressure from ally Lalu Prasad, who is a Yadav by caste and whose RJD counts on Muslims as core voters of the party.
Prasad's son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar, dubbed as "bakwaas" (nonsense) the charge made by the union home minister and wondered why the Centre was baulking at announcing a nationwide caste census, despite finding "fault" with the state survey.
