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SC refuses to entertain plea against Bihar govt decision to include transg
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition against the Bihar government's decision to include 'hijra', 'kinnar', 'kothi', and 'transgender' as an item in the caste list.
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Uttar Pradesh: Nishad Party launches campaign for SC status to community
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"Today this yatra is being taken out so that we can get the Scheduled Caste status soon. Till 1951, we were recognised as a Scheduled Tribe. We were put in the backward class group and betrayed," the Minister said while speaking to reporters.
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"He belongs to upper caste": JDU's Neeraj Kumar questions PM Modi's OBC st
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the BJP and the opposition INDIA alliance are at loggerheads over the caste-based census, Janta Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi belonged to the upper caste and he misled the voters by saying that he belonged to OBC.
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Media Cell Vice President Ajay Singh Yadav resigns from Congress says "Few
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"Under your leadership in Madhya Pradesh, it was always assured that this time the candidates belonging to the backward classes would be given their rights and privileges during the selection. In Tikamgarh district, there is more than 70 per cent of the voters from backward classes but peopl
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Congress trying to use caste census for political benefits; says former Hi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
With the clamour for caste census intensifying, the BJP leader said that as soon as the elections are close at hand, Congress tries to find issues that would give them political gains and that it could cause a major division in the society.
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"The way Tamil Nadu is fighting, so are we...": NCP MP Supriya Sule at DMK
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule while praising the people of Tamil Nadu for upholding the Tamil language said that it is wonderful to witness there is no discrimination of caste or religion and a state united by the love for their language.
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"BJP afraid of caste-based census": Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday launched an attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party stating that the latter is afraid of cast census.
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"They snatched rights given to you by Congress": Priyanka Gandhi attacks B
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday attacked the Centre and Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the BJP "snatched the rights" given by the Congress government to the people and farmers have not been given their due
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"Caste census will bring everyone together" Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Akhilesh Yadav said, "Caste-based census will bring everyone together. the castes that were left behind, those who are not given respect and rights yet, and those who think that their population is more but they are not getting anything according to it, I think caste-based census will integr
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Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap warns against dividing society on ca
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"Democracy can never be strengthened by dividing the society. I believe that the society as a whole can progress by unity and social harmony. Ram Manohar Lohia dictum 'dam bandho (fix prices), jati todo (break caste)' is needed in contemporary times," He added.
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"Some forces trying to divide nation in name of caste": Himachal governor
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Reacting to the caste survey, which was recently conducted in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Wednesday said that there are some forces in the country that are trying to "divide" the nation in the name of "caste".
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Many reasons not to vote for BJP, says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
There are many reasons not to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday while stressing that for his party there are no "magic bullets" but good governance to offer.
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