Yogi Is Under Pressure For The Caste Census?

After the declaration of the head counts by the Bihar government, the supporting parties of the BJP government in UP started raising their voice for the caste-based census source says. They want to know the actual strength of OBC etc to derive schemes following strength, a source says. Anupriya Patel, minister of central government and of Apna Dal ( Sonelal), already demanded for caste census source says. The other three supporters are also dependent on OBC votes source says. Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party ( SBSP) is dependent on one OBC, Rajbhar caste and the party is led by Om Prakash Rajbhar likewise Nishad Party is traditionally a party of boatmen and led by Sanjay Nishad, a minister source says. The Apna Dal ( Sonelal) is supported by the Kurmi of the state a source says. As per the Hukum Singh Committee report constituted in 2001, the population of Kurmis are only second to Yadav in the state source says. As per the report, the Yadavs are 19.4%, and Kurmis are 7.4% under the OBC category source says. The report further mentions that in total 50% OBC, Nishad, Mallah and Kewat combined is approximately 4.3%, and Bhar and Rajbhar are 2.4%. Lodh- is 4.8%, and Jats are 3.6% source says. I.N.D.I.A. alliance is aggressively demanding for caste census and also announcement of data already available on caste head counts source says.