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Prashant Kishor Demands White Paper On Bihar Caste Survey, Threatens Agitation

Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishor has threatened to pose an agitation against the Nitish Kumar led government if his three demands, including a white paper on the caste survey are not met.

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Prashant Kishor threatens agitation, vows signature campaign from May 11 if demands are not met. Photo: PTI
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Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday warned of launching an agitation against the NDA government in Bihar if three of his demands are not sufficed within a month. The demands include a white-paper on the widely debated caste-survey, halting of the land survey on grounds of massive corruption and a response from the government pertaining to its promise of distributing three decimals of land to the members of Dalit and Mahadalit communities.

Kishor has threatened the Nitish Kumar led government of launching a signature campaign in 40,000 revenue villages across Bihar on May 11 if his demands are not met. While speaking to PTI, he said, "On July 11, we will submit a memorandum to the government after collecting signatures from one crore people. If even then our demands are ignored, we will gherao the Assembly during the next monsoon session of the Vidhan Sabha, which will be the last session before the upcoming assembly polls later this year."

Emphasizing on the caste survey tabled in the assembly on November 7, 2023, he questioned the government라이브 바카라 unfulfilled claims of providing one-time financial assistance of ₹2 lakh to 94 lakh families earning less than ₹6,000 per month along with providing 65 percent reservation based on the survey.

His second demand is related to the government라이브 바카라 directive of providing 50 lakh homeless families belonging to Dalit and Mahadalit communities with three decimals of land for building their houses. He claims that only two lakh have families have been allotted the land based on this process and they too have not received possession. The call is for the government to notify when the beneficiaries about the actual possession of land.

Kishor라이브 바카라 third demand aims at the suspension of the ongoing land survey. He posed comparisons with states like Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that have surveyed 80 percent of the land and digitized land records. "We urge the government to immediately stop this exercise. Massive corruption is taking place in the name of land surveys. Officials are extorting money from people. This slow progress has led to a surge in land-related disputes, including cases of murder and attempted murder," he claimed.

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