Bihar’s political arithmetic in the aftermath of the caste-based survey
The Hindu
With the release of caste-based survey, the EBC politics will have an upper edge in Bihar as their number has increased from 30% to 36%.
With the release of the caste-based survey data the caste identification of the MLAs and MPs from Bihar will come to play a decisive role in the State’s politics, and may have nationwide ramifications as well.
The data indicates that Extremely Backward Class (EBC) maximum of 36% population followed by Other Backward Class (OBC) 27.12%, the Schedules Caste is at 19.6518% while Scheduled Tribe is 1.6824% and the General Caste population stands at 15.5224%. Meanwhile, the Hindus comprise 81.9986% of the population while Muslims are at 17.7088%.
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Going with the present situation, of the 243 members in Bihar’s Legislative Assembly, the majority belong to the Yadav community with 55 members whereas the OBC and the EBC communities comprise of 46 MLAs in all. Caste combination has always played an important role in Bihar politics. This would explain why communities such as Bhumihar who constitute 2.89% of the population, Rajputs with 3.45%, Brahmins who are at 3.66% and Kayastha with 0.60% boast of 64 members in the State Assembly.
Out of the 243 members, Muslims have 19 members, while the OBC and EBC communities have 46 members, and the Dalits stand at 39. Meanwhile, there are 28 women MLAs in toto in the 243 member assembly which makes 11.52%.
Going with the percentage out of 243, Muslims are 7.82%, Yadavas are 22.63% and EBC constitutes 18%.93 , Dalits stand at 16.04%, while the Upper Caste and Vaishya community consist of 26% and 8.23% respectively.
Similarly in the Lok Sabha, of the 40 members representing Bihar, seven are Rajputs (17.5%), three Bhumiha (7.5%)r, one Kayastha (2.5%), one Kurumi (2.5%), two Brahmins (5%), three Kushwaha (7.5%), six Scheduled Caste (15%), seven Extremely Backward Caste (17.5%), two Muslims (5%), three Vaishya (7.5%) and five Yadava (12.5%).
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