JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Monday demanded that reservation should be included in the ninth schedule of the constitution and said the party is in favour of caste census
After Patna High Court on Thursday set aside the state government's amendments to increase the reservation for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Tribes, and Scheduled Castes in jobs and educational institutions, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav targeted BJP and said the par
He also criticized opposition leader Edappadi Palaniswami for likening the PMK to 'Vedanthangal birds', a jibe intended to hit out at the party's history of switching sides between the AIADMK and the DMK. "We are not Vendanthangal birds, we are Vendanthangal sanctuary. We will protect who
Addressing a gathering in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Congress MP also advocated for the caste-based census and said that conducting the survey will ensure social justice for the people.
Amid tectonic political churn at the hustings in Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reiterated the party's push for a caste-based census across the country.
The divergent opinions within the state's leadership -- especially between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar -- have brought to the forefront the rift within the Karnataka Congress.
"We had passed a proposal in Raipur that a caste-based census should be done and we have issued directions also," Gehlot said when asked by a reporter about Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's push for a nationwide caste-based census.
"I raised the question of caste census. Asked PM Modi- You call yourself OBC, tell me how many OBCs are there in this country? Modi ji's reply came - There is only one caste in the country, the poor. If there is no caste in the country, then why does Narendra Modi call himself OBC?" said the