Sanjay Raut, a Rajya Sabha MP representing Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), emphasized the pressing need for a caste survey in India, asserting that every sector of society, including the opposition INDIA alliance, was in favour of it, stated a PTI report.

The Bihar government, led by Nitish Kumar, recently released the results of its comprehensive caste survey, revealing that 84 per cent of the state's population falls under backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes.