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"Complete derailment": Manickam Tagore criticises Bihar govt over living s
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"LoP Rahul Gandhi has raised a very genuine issue. It is the issue of the (students from) backward classes, extremely backward classes, scheduled caste, and scheduled tribe and their hostel. The double-engine government of Modi and Nitish Kumar has completely derailed. We can see the hostel
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"Injustice" against backward classes: BJP MLC N Ravikumar slams Congress o
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"The Congress high command has done injustice to the backward classes. The Congress high command also slammed Siddaramaiah, saying that it was 10 years old and the figures were old," Ravikumar, also the Chief Whip of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, told reporters here.
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Rahul Gandhi calls 'Not Found Suitable' label new form of 'Manuvaad', slam
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Raising serious concerns over the systemic discrimination against Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in educational institutions, Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday labelled the practise of "Not Fou
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath reviews progress of Backward Classes and Disabled em
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with officials from the Backward Classes Welfare and Disabled Empowerment departments to review their work and discuss welfare measures.
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"Tweeted without even listening": Ram Gopal Yadav clarifies on caste-relat
Updated : 10 months ago IST
"I am surprised that the Chief Minister, under whose nose unimaginable atrocities are being committed on minorities, Dalits and backward classes, tweeted my entire statement without even listening to it. I have no complaint against the media channels that have taken over Islamabad and Rawalp
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Reservation now like train journey, those inside don't want others in: Sup
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
In a matter pertaining to reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court orally remarked that reservations in the country are akin to a railway journey, where those who are already inside the train, are now resisting the inclusion of others.
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"Govt received report and it is under consideration": H Kantharaju on Karn
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The former chairperson of the Backward Classes Commission, H Kantharaju, on Monday said that the government has received the report on the Karnataka caste census and it is under consideration.
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"Make provision for reservation in "private sector": RJD's Manoj Jha on ca
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Saturday described the caste census as a crucial first step towards ensuring social justice, while advocating for expanding the scope of reservation and greater political representation for backward classes.
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NSUI delegation meets Rahul Gandhi, seeks intervention to restore student
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Since the implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations in 2006, there has been a rise in participation from OBC, Dalit, Adivasi, minority, and women students--challenging the status quo. In response, the regime has pushed to ban elections, fearing empowered student leadership
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"Caste census conducted in 2011 was haphazard": BJP leader Aparajita Saran
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Aparajita Sarangi on Thursday termed the 2011 caste census a "haphazard survey" and said that the central government has decided to conduct a caste census, keeping in view the people's needs.
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"Modi understood country will not run in name of Ram, will have to work fo
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Today, even Narendra Modi has understood, this country will not run in the name of Ram, you have to work for the poor. They said before it will be politics, this is not an advantage. Indira Gandhi also did things, land sales, nationalised banks. When Sonia Gandhi put a bill in Parliament, R
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'100% victory of PDA unity': Akhilesh Yadav on Caste Census decision
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday termed the Union Cabinet's decision to include caste enumeration in the national census a "100 per cent victory" of the unity of 90 per cent of PDA--Picchda (Backward classes), Dalits (Schedule Castes), and Alpasankhyaks (Minorities).
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