Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked the Congress and said the "biggest opposition" to the Backward Classes and the work of "stopping" them has been done by the main opposition party.
Shah noted that Nehru made "two blunders"-- declared a ceasefire without winning the entire Kashmir (during India-Pakistan war in 1948) and also took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the two bills on Jammu and Kashmir moved for approval in the Lok Sabha pertain to providing rights to those who faced injustice and were insulted and ignored.
"We have given many promises. The most important among them is that we are going to appoint a Chief Minister from the Backward Classes community here. We would like to stop reservations for Muslims and redistribute them to SC, ST and OBCs. We have also promised to give vertical reservation t
Odisha government's Backward Classes Welfare Department on Wednesday organised a special event that focused on the distribution of musical instruments and dance costumes to tribal cultural troupes of nine SDC (Special Development Council) districts.
The Telangana Congress has said it would increase the budget up to Rs 4,000 crore annually towards minority welfare, besides conducting the caste census within six months after coming to power, if elected in the November 30 Assembly polls.
Siddaramaiah on Friday inaugurated the "Resolution of Backward Classes" Conference organized by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee which was held in the Kamareddy assembly constituency.
"Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Lal Bahadur Stadium and made big declarations for backward classes. Earlier, there was a backward-class president from Munnuru Kapu in the BJP and you changed him to G. Kishan Reddy. Why did you do that?" Owaisi said while referring to Dharmapuri
Amid the frenzied political discourse around caste census, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha on Monday hit out at the Congress and the BJP on Monday, claiming that neither has done anything for the backward classes.
After Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that the population of Yadavs and Muslims has been increased in the state caste survey thereby minimizing the rights of the Extremely Backward Classes, Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav questioned that on what basis the Home Minister wa
"In the survey, the population of Yadavs and Muslims were increased and the population of Extremely Backward Classes were diminished. The Lalu-Nitish combine has wronged the backward and extemely backward classes," Amit Shah said.