Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. File Photo.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that he was in assist of women’s reservation in Parliament and state assemblies although there have to be provisions for sufficient illustration of SCs, STs, OBCs and EBCs.
He urged the Centre to maneuver quick on implementing the proposals in the women’s reservation invoice by conducting the census, and think about his long-standing demand for a caste census.
“I have been in support of women’s reservation. Why should they not be assured representation? My speeches during the days I was a member of parliament bear testimony to my stand that remains unchanged,” stated Kumar.
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“We have ensured adequate representation of women wherever it is possible. In panchayats, urban local bodies, government jobs, including the police force, the representation of women in Bihar is highest for any state in the country,” he added. Kumar stated it should even be ensured that there’s a provision for guaranteeing that women from SCs, STs, OBCs and EBCs get sufficient illustration.
“It is, though, regrettable that even if the bill is passed, actual implementation shall hang fire till census, followed by delimitation,” he stated.
The Centre launched the constitutional modification invoice on Tuesday to order one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women. The authorities stated it would allow better participation of women in policy-making on the state and nationwide ranges and assist obtain the aim of creating India a developed nation by 2047.
Women’s reservation will come into impact after the delimitation train is undertaken and can proceed for 15 years. Seats reserved for women can be rotated after every delimitation train.
“I would request the central government to move fast by conducting the census and consider our long-standing demand for a caste census,” Kumar stated.
Caste census, in which headcount is proscribed not simply to SCs and STs, has turn into a rallying level in Bihar the place the numerically highly effective OBCs have dominated politics for the reason that 1990s.
Resolutions demanding caste census have been handed twice, unanimously on each events, by the state legislature and Kumar had additionally led an all-party delegation a few years in the past to press the demand earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Modi authorities expressed its reluctance to undertake the cumbersome train. However, adamant in the view {that a} caste census had turn into indispensable for the reason that final time it was held was means again in 1931, the federal government in the state ordered a survey on related strains, which is now in its ultimate levels.
The INDIA coalition, which incorporates JD(U) and Lalu Prasad’s RJD, each championing the reason for OBCs, has promised a caste census if voted to energy in the decision adopted on the Mumbai conclave held final month.
