Caste survey: 'Cautious' BJP 'to opine after studying report'

: BJP is treading cautiously on the caste survey conducted by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, saying it will express its opinion only after studying it. The party, however, expressed its dissatisfaction that the survey did not give an idea of the “changed social and economic realities” over the years.

BJP leaders, including Union minister Anurag Thakur and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, said the party will study the survey first and then give its opinion.

State BJP president Samrat Choudhary emphasised his party had “given its consent” for the exercise and would make an assessment of the findings which have now been made public. “ BJP will give a statement on the findings after studying the same.


However, we wish the survey had studied the social and economic conditions of different castes and placed these on record. We need to take into account the changed social and economic realities,” Chaudhary told reporters here.