PM Modi needs to decide on caste census: Nitish

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday tossed the issue of caste-based census in the Centre's court, saying it was for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a call on estimating the respective strength of castes. Nitish told reporters, "The Prime Minister listened to all members of the delegation on caste census. We urged the PM to take an appropriate decision on it. We briefed him about how resolutions have been passed in the state assembly twice on caste census."

PM Modi needs to decide on caste census: Nitish
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday tossed the issue of caste-based census in the Centre's court, saying it was for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a call on estimating the respective strength of castes. Nitish told reporters, "The Prime Minister listened to all members of the delegation on caste census. We urged the PM to take an appropriate decision on it. We briefed him about how resolutions have been passed in the state assembly twice on caste census."