New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will review the performance of credit and other welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in public sector banks on Tuesday.

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suresh Kashyap on Sunday took a swipe at Congress, saying that Scheduled Caste (SC) is disillusioned with the Congress party now.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): Days ahead of the Presidential polls, Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi national president Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday urged Opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha to withdraw from the race and said that many "Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe members" from across the parties have lent their support in favour of NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu.

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday chaired a meeting with leaders from Scheduled Caste (SC) and asked them to reach out to members of the community.

Patna Feb 21 PTI Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday asserted that caste based census being demanded by his party the JDU will benefit all sections of the society and he will convene an all-party meeting soon to discuss the holding of such an exercise in the state Caste census is one of the oldest demands of JDU an ally of the BJP and the government will seek a political consensus before taking up the exercise he said at his weekly public outreach programme Although all political parties in the state are united over the issue I want to discuss with them about the modalities of conducting this exercise There is no political angle to the demand It is completely a social concern A caste census will benefit all sections of the society Kumar said Speaking on the importance of the proposed census he said that it will enable the government to work for development of various sections of the society We will start it very soon The exercise will be foolproof and once it is completed the government will act on it accordingly We will hold headcounts in a proper manner so that no one is missed he said In August 2021 a delegation led by Kumar had called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded caste-wise enumeration of the population in the country during the 2021 census Leaders of all political parties which have members in the Bihar assembly were part of the 11-member delegation The long-pending demand for caste census was revived in July 2021 after the union government informed Lok Sabha that it will not enumerate population caste wise except those from the SCs and STs The Bihar Assembly had unanimously passed resolutions on February 18 2019 and February 27 2020 demanding caste enumeration of the population Both the resolutions were sent to the union ministry of home affairs and the Centre was requested to hold the enumeration during the 2021 census PTI PKD KK KK KK

Patna (Bihar) [India], December 19 (ANI): Former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday clarified that the derogatory word used by him referred to his own community and not pundits.

Mumbai Oct 31 PTI Coming out in support of NCBs zonal director Sameer Wankhede who is in the eye of a political storm following a slew of allegations against him Arun Halder vice chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes NCSC on Sunday said that although the officer is doing good work and making his department proud a minister has launched a personal attack on him and his family members Halder also called for a government probe into finding out why the minister was attacking the officer and his family State minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik has levelled a number of allegations against Wankhede Among other things he has accused the officer of forging his caste certificate and other documents to secure a job from the SC quota after clearing the UPSC examination as an IRS officer Malik claimed that Wankhede is a Muslim by birth although the latter has denied it Halder visited Wankhedes residence here on Sunday Wankhedes wife Kranti Redkar said that the NCSC officials visit was aimed at checking her husbands original caste documents She also said that after going through the papers the official was convinced about Wankhedes stand Besides Wankhede and his wife Halder met the officers sister Yasmeen and father Dnyandev Wankhede Talking to reporters later Halder said One officer is doing his duty and making the department proud so how can minister can personally attack him and his family members The government should carry out an investigation in why he is doing so Redkar claimed that the safety of her family was in danger as some people conducted a recce of their house She said the family would soon provide the CCTV footage about it to the police Talking to reporters Sameer Wankhede said he has shared with the commission official whatever he wanted to share Earlier in the day Union minister and RPI A president Ramdas Athawale extended his support to Wankhede who he said is a Hindu dalit and a follower of B R Ambedkar Athawale also asked Nawab Malik to refrain from conspiring to defame the NCB officer and his family members PTI ZA NP NP

Chennai Sep 22 PTI Holding that erring is human nature a lower court in the city on Wednesday granted bail to actor Meera Mithun alias Tamil Selvi and her associate who were arrested for uttering certain remarks against Dalits and imprisoned for about a month As per the prosecution case the accused released the video footage in the social media containing speeches which insulted the entire Scheduled Caste community Though there were some words uttered by Mithun the other petitioner also accompanied as a co-actor Anyhow they were in custody for nearly five weeks Penal provisions cannot be invoked at the time of bail It can be proved by the prosecution during the trial Since they are in custody for five weeks and the fact that to err is human nature this court is inclined to grant bail Principal Sessions Judge R Selvakumar said Accordingly the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail on their executing a bond for Rs10000 each with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the court They should appear before the police daily at 1030 am until further orders and not tamper with the evidence or witness either during investigation or trial the court ruled They should not abscond either during investigation or trial On breach of any of these conditions the trial court is entitled to take appropriate action against them in accordance with law the PSJ added PTI COR SA APR APR