Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav have not been on the same page on almost anything since their alliance went kaput four years ago. But now they appear to be in total agreement over at least one issue: caste census. Nitish shot off a letter to PM Narendra Modi on August 4, seeking appointment for an all-party delegation led by him to discuss the issue, and is awaiting the PMO’s nod. The Centre has, for now, ruled out any headcount on caste basis alongside the 2021 decennial census. It has also made it clear that the report of the socio-economic caste census (SECS) conducted in 2011 would not be made public.