Kirar is a Hindu caste of cultivators. [1] They are categorized as an Other Backward Class (OBC) by the Government of India. [1] [2] [3]
By now, the people of Madhya Pradesh know that Chouhan is from the Kirar backward caste and was a beneficiary of the BJP's "social engineering" agenda that fostered backward-caste leaders like him, Kalyan Singh and Narendra Modi in the post-Mandal era.