Delegation led by Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to meet with Amit Shah on census | Latest India News

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will lead a delegation that will meet with Union Home Secretary Amit Shah on Sunday to submit a memorandum demanding a caste census and a separate column for the Sarna tribal religion at the time. of the 2021 census. The meeting comes days after Soren wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 7 to request a meeting for the delegation on the issue. People familiar with the matter said the prime minister’s office had instead suggested a meeting with Shah as the census falls under his ministry’s forecast.

“The meeting was set for 4 pm at the residence of Interior Minister Amit Shah on Sunday. We invited all parties in addition to our allies Congress and RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal to be part of the delegation). We have confirmation from the left parties and the AJSU party. We also invited the BJP to join the delegation. Now it’s up to them to decide, ”said Supriyo Bhattacharya, spokesperson for Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

Jharkhand BJP chief Deepak Prakash said earlier this week that they would not join such a delegation.

Bhattacharya said Soren spoke to Prakash about the matter again on Friday. “We are awaiting their response.

With the exception of the BJP, all other parties demanded a caste census. The Jharkhand assembly last year passed a unanimous resolution demanding a separate column on the Sarna tribal religion in the 2021 census.