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Section 144 imposed in Mangalore ahead of Karanataka assembly floor test

Mangalore: Ahead of the crucial floor test in Karnataka assembly, the city administration has imposed section 144 in Mangalore as a precautionary measure to avoid any unrest and disturbance in law and order.

Bhartiya Janta Party’s BS Yeddyurappa is set to prove the majority in the assembly at 4 p.m. today ahead of the Supreme Courts order on Friday.

The decision of the floor test was taken by the apex court after hearing long arguments for and against the petition filed by the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) following Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala’s invitation to the BJP to form the government in the state. Earlier BS Yeddyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister on Thursday and was given a 15 day time period by the governor to prove majority.

The BJP emerged as a single largest party with 104 MLAs in the recently concluded assembly election but fell short of the halfway mark of 112 by seven MLAs. The Congress extended its support to JD(S) after the result with 115 MLAs and staked claim to form the government.

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“Caste-Based Count In Bihar,” Says CM Nitish Kumar After All-Party Meet

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, shortly after an all-party meeting on a caste census this evening, said a caste-based “count” rather than census will be held in the state to avoid any wrinkles. All parties, including the BJP, agreed on a caste count, the JDU leader said. 

Talking to reporters, Mr Kumar said: “We will propose a caste-based count, not census, to avoid legal complications.”

The saffron party had earlier expressed huge reservations over a caste-based census. However, Nitish Kumar today said that all parties were on board with the suggestion, including the BJP. 

“To implement this a proposal will be passed in the state cabinet. The aim is that every section of the society can progress properly,” Nitish Kumar said.

In the name of a “socio-economic survey”, many states like Karnataka, Odisha and Telangana have carried out similar caste counts.

The Congress-led UPA government had earlier carried out a national caste census, but the data was not released on technical grounds. The BJP-led NDA, however, refused to carry out a caste-based census but left it to states to go for a caste count.

The Bihar government, after the apex court rejected to take a headcount of any social group other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, has offered to invest in a survey on its own.

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