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Mere announcements won't fill stomachs of dalits, backward classes: BJP's
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Speaking to the media in Gadag on Thursday, Bommai said that the Chief Minister talks a lot about Dalits.
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"TDP and YSRCP are not competing to serve the people": BCVY State Presiden
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
BCVY Party State President Bode Ramachandra Yadav on Thursday launched a scathing attack on both the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), accusing them of betraying the Backward Classes (BCs) and warning of a statewide agitation if their rights continue to be ignored.
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First AICC OBC Advisory Committee meeting "highly successful": Karnataka C
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Speaking to the media after the meeting, CM Siddaramaiah read out the Bengaluru Declaration from the first meeting, "The AICC OBC Advisory Committee expresses gratitude to Rahul Gandhi, a warrior for justice, for his courage in ensuring social justice for neglected sections of society and hi
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Karnataka CM refutes reports of being appointed as Chairman of AICC Adviso
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday clarified the confusion surrounding his appointment as the chairman of the All India Congress Committee's (AICC) Other Backward Classes (OBC) Advisory Council.
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"Congress forgotten 42 per cent reservation promise to Backward Classes,"
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha on Thursday demanded that the government should not hold elections until the promise of 42 per cent reservation for Backwards classes in Telangana is fulfilled.
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Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal Crime Branch registers FIR over alleged fraudulent
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Crime Branch in Bhopal has registered an FIR following a complaint by the Additional Director of the Madhya Pradesh Ministry of Backward Classes and Minority Welfare, alleging fraudulent withdrawal of scholarship funds of more than Rs 57 lakhs by certain madrasas and institutions.
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Telangana: BRS leader K Kavitha urges Centre to approve 42 pc reservation
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The Congress party formed government in Telangana because they promised to give 42% reservation to BCs of Telangana. Unfortunately, even after 18 months, it is not a reality.... To exert pressure on the Union and the state government, people of Telangana, OBCs of Telangana and Telangana Jag
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"No respect for Dalits, backward classes": PM Modi lashes out at oppn in B
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The whole country recently saw what the RJD did to Babasaheb's photo. There are posters in Bihar demanding an apology for insulting Babasaheb. However, I know that these people will never apologise because they have no respect for the Dalits and the backward classes. RJD and Congress pla
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"Double-engine govt in Bihar has all but given up on proposed 65 per cent
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bihar, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday alleged that the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in the state has almost "given up" on the proposed 65 per cent reservation for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), an
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Calcutta HC grants interim stay on WB Govt's OBC list notification till Ju
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A division bench comprising Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Raja Sekhar Mantha passed the interim order while hearing petitions challenging the state's classification of communities under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
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BRS MLC Kavitha calls for statewide 'Rail Roko' on July 17 over BC Reserva
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Telangana Jagruthi President and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday announced a statewide Rail Roko agitation to be held on July 17 in demand of the Central government approving the Backward Classes (BCs) reservation bills passed by the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
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"Historic step": Union Minister Kishan Reddy lauds centre's decision to co
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"The government of India has taken a historic step. Since Independence, the general census will entail a census of the backward classes. Today, the government of India has issued the notification. There will also be a caste census; it is a very big decision. After this, be it welfare activit
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