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Congress recognized me as backward caste leader, gave me CM opportunity tw
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended his article on social justice, asserting that the Congress party has recognized and empowered leaders from backward castes like him, which sets it apart from the BJP and JD(S).
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Most atrocities against Dalits in UP happened under Akhilesh's rule: Depu
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister KP Maurya on Thursday slammed Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, accusing him of snatching the rights of the backward castes other than his own when he was the chief minister of the State.
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BJP is focussing to win 400-plus seats to snatch rights of poor people, sa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Hitting out at PM Modi, Kharge said, They are seeking 400-plus seats not for the welfare of the poor, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward caste....They are seeking it to take away the poor people's rights."
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National Commission for Backward Classes criticises OBC quota for Muslims
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The National Commission for Backward Castes has criticised the Karnataka government's decision to categorise the entire Muslim community in the state under the OBC category and said that it is causing 'injustice' for the OBC community.
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Amit Shah to address public meeting in Bihar's Paliganj today
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to address a public meeting with people belonging to Other Backward Caste (OBC) and Economically Backward Class (EBC) at Paliganj near Patna in Patliputra Lok Sabha Constituency on Saturday ahead of the Lok Sabha 2024 election.
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Rahul Gandhi has developed a phobia of PM Modi: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A day after Rahul Gandhi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not belong to the Other Backward Caste (OBC) community by birth and he has lied to the country, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday said that the Congress MP is insulting the mandate of the
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"Entire Nehru-Gandhi family against OBCs...": BJP counters Rahul Gandhi ov
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not belong to the Other Backward Caste (OBC) community as he was born in a general category, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT cell head Amit Malviya launched a scathing attack on him on Thursday, claimin
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PM Modi not born as OBC, belongs to general caste: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not belong to the Other Backward Caste (OBC) community as he was born in a general category.
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Telangana govt to review women's free bus travel scheme after 15 days, sor
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The newly formed Congress government in Telangana implemented the first out of six guarantees announced by the party in its manifesto. Minister of Transport and Backward Caste Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar said that the scheme would be reviewed after 15 days if there were any issues.
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Will make Chief Minister from backward caste if BJP is voted to power in T
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that the next Chief Minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state will be from a backward caste if the party is voted to power.
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Caste census will not divide society, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"We need to know which community has remained socially, economically and politically backwards even after 76 years of independence. Ours is a caste-based society. Statistics are necessary to bring the socially, economically and politically backward castes to the mainstream," Siddaramaiah sai
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"Bihar govt eyeing elections ": SP leader Shifaiqur Rahman Barq on caste s
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Earlier today, the Bihar government released caste survey data, with the figures that have ramifications for the Lok Sabha polls next year, showing that Other Backward Caste (OBC) and Extremely Backward Class (EBC) together account for 63 per cent of the state’s population.
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