THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress’ push for a national caste-based censor has met with its first major opposition – from Kerala. One of its traditional upper-caste influential support groups has vowed to oppose the proposal tooth and nail. The Nair Service Society (NSS), one of the most prominent community associations in Kerala which has always favored the Congress […]
Congress’ demand for a caste census appears to be an attempt to put the BJP, which ran a massive campaign accusing Rahul Gandhi of insulting OBCs with his ‘why all Modis are thieves’ remark, in tight spot.
Code number 25 has been assigned to chief minister Nitish Kumar’s caste, Kumri, while 167 has been kept reserved for the Yadavas – the powerful caste deputy CM and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav hails from.