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Red Flag For BJP? Nitish Kumar Calls All-Party Meeting On Caste Census, Backed Up By Tejashwi Yadav

Patna: Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, announced today that his government would soon begin work on a caste census after hearing from all parties, reiterating opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav’s demand in his latest snub to the BJP.

He expects an all-party meeting on a caste census on May 27.

“We will call an all-party meeting to take everyone’s views on a caste-based census. Then the proposal will be presented before the state cabinet. We have spoken to some parties on conducting the meeting on 27 (May) but we are waiting for some parties to respond. After a final decision, the proposal will go to the cabinet and then we will start work,” the chief minister told reporters.

“We have started talks with every party. Everyone is not on board. We are waiting for their response,” Nitish Kumar said.

When asked if the BJP agreed with Nitish Kumar on the caste census, his deputy Tarkishor Prasad, who was at the same location as the Chief Minister, was noncommittal to media questions.

“We will discuss it and consider various aspects,” Mr Prasad told reporters.

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New Delhi: On Saturday, the Centre had cut excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and on diesel by Rs 6 per litre to give relief to consumers affected by high fuel prices that have also pushed inflation to a multi-year high. After the Central government decided to cut excise duty, several state governments slashed VAT on petrol and diesel.

Kerala was the first state to announce the reduction in prices “The Union government has partially reduced the huge tax on petrol and diesel. The Kerala government welcomes the decision, “Kerala finance minister KN Balagopal said.

“State government will reduce state tax on the price of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.41 and Rs 1.36 per litre respectively,” he added. Petrol Prices in Kerala now range from 105.97 to 107.44 and Diesel costs around  94.64 to 96.33.

The Congress-ruled Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tweeted, “Due to the reduction in the prices of petrol and diesel by the central government, the state government will reduce VAT by Rs 2.48 per litre on petrol and Rs 1.16 per litre on diesel. With this, petrol will be cheaper by Rs 10.48 and diesel by Rs 7.16 per litre in the state.” Petrol is now priced at 108.46 in Rajasthan Royals.

The Maharashtra Government (MVA) reduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) on per litre petrol by Rs 2.08 and diesel by Rs 1.44 yesterday. Petrol now costs 110.92 and diesel is 97.28.

The Naveen Patnaik Led Odisha government also reduced taxes on petrol and diesel by Rs 2.23 and Rs 1.36 a litre respectively.

The new petrol and diesel prices in Odisha are Rs 102.25 and Rs 94.86 respectively.

Earlier, PM Modi while addressing Chief Ministers had said, “Maharashtra, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand, and Tamil Nadu did not follow the advice of the Central government and people in these states are burdened with price rise”. He further went on to praise Karnataka and Gujarat, both ruled by the BJP, saying they have suffered a revenue loss of nearly Rs 5,000 crore and 4,000 crores respectively by reducing VAT but they did so to help the people.”

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