Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday attacked the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks on the issue of reservations and alleged that the Congress is conspiring to abolish the reservation system.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati lashed out at the Congress on Tuesday, stating that the party is just creating drama over the implementation of caste-based census and accusing the party is trying to regain power under the guise of these issues.
"When we talk about the capture of institutions, businesses, and the media, the elephant in the room is that 90% of India--OBCs, Dalits, Adivasis--aren't even part of the game. That's really the elephant in the room," Rahul Gandhi said.
Launching a scathing attack against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over caste census, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav said that they (BJP) have already mentioned that caste census should not happen and that there is a difference betwee
The caste-based census should only be used for the betterment of those communities or castes that are lagging rather than politics or election practises, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar on Monday.
Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly doing "casteism" and said people will decide who will be the true servant of Bihar.
Amid the row over the demand for a nationwide caste census by the opposition, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi posed a pointed question to Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, asking why the latter's parents forgot to conduct it during their rule.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) also held a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
RJD is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
Responding to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's demand for a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ensured that caste census took place in Bihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
Patna High Court in June set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023, and The Bihar (In admission in Educational Institutions) Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 as ultra vires and violative of the equality clauses under Articles 14, 15 and 16.<