In the Indian state of Bihar, caste is a bitter reality, but not completely. The statistics of castes in the politics of Bihar, which passed the resolution from the Legislative Assembly for the ethnic census and sent to the central government, are astonishing. There are more than 125 hundred castes in Bihar, but mainly 10-12 take part in active politics. The fight for the ticket is also between them. Other castes take place in the viewing gallery.
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Since independence, only representatives of 20 castes of the state have been able to reach the Parliament. The rest have not even got a chance to become MPs. This plank in the Legislative Assembly is a bit big. This figure will give a lesson to the parties hoping for an increase in their vote bank with the help of the caste census that even in the last Lok Sabha elections, only 21 castes were considered eligible for the ticket. This is just 10% of the total number of castes in Bihar. 90% was not considered as entitled to the ticket. There are about two hundred castes, which have not yet been represented in any House.
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Rajiv Kumar, the Bihar chief of ADR, an organization working for election reform, warns parties seeking votes on the basis of caste. They say that there is a need to change the outlook on Bihar. Karpoori Thakur, Sribabu and Nitish Kumar would not have gained so much prestige if the caste was at the top, because the number of the three leaders who have been representing the above-mentioned caste is very less. Lalu Prasad got some success because he The equation of castes was made, but if the mentality of the voters changed, it did not take them long to go to the margins.
