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Such sub-categorization is pointless, emotionless: RJD's Manoj Jha after S
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court ruled that states must identify the 'creamy layer' in the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and exclude them from quota benefits, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Thursday said that he respects the decision but this kind of sub-categor
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"It was personal remark; Speaker should have taken action against Anurag T
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Days after BJP MP Anurag Thakur's alleged caste remarks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sparked a row in parliament, Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav said on Thursday that the remarks made by the BJP leader were personal and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla should have taken action against
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Reservation linked to social injustice, creamy layer in SC/STs discriminat
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reacting to the opinion of the Supreme Court that there is a need for identifying creamy layers in SC/STs, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that the basis of the reservation is not economic status but caste discrimination and social injustice so it should not be seen in the perspective of creamy lay
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SC upholds power of states to sub-classify SCs and STs, CM Siddaramaiah ca
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah welcomed the decision "wholeheartedly" and called it a "historic one".
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Supreme Court rules state governments have power to sub-classify SCs, STs
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SCs and STs) reservation is permissible. As many as six separate opinions were delivered in the case.
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Revanth Reddy: State government will take necessary steps to implement
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said the Telangana government would decide to categorize ABCD according to the Supreme Court's verdict on SC Sub-classification. Responding to the landmark verdict given by the Supreme Court on SC Sub-classification in the assembly, Revanth Reddy an
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"When we sought caste census, this was the issue of society": SP leader S
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Yadav commented on Thakur's statement on Thursday and said that when the party sough the caste census, it was an issue of the society. Further, he said that the remark made about Rahul Gandhi was personal, action should have been taken action against th
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Supreme Court, by 6:1, states sub-classification within SCs and STs for re
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SC/STs) reservation is permissible.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah slams Centre over SC/ST welfare budget allocatio
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the Centre and asked what moral authority the Union Government have to question stae government when it unjustly uses the budget funds meant for the rightful development of Dalits by not implementing the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan/Tribal Sub-
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7-judge Constitution Bench to deliver judgement on validity of sub-classif
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The Supreme Court 7-judge Constitution Bench will deliver an order on Thursday on the issues relating to the validity of sub-classifications among reserved categories like Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes.
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"Congress insulting the whole country by asking for caste census" says BJP
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 31 (ANI): After BJP MP Anurag Thakur's caste remarks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sparked a row in parliament, Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the opposition is insulting the whole country by asking for a caste census.
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BJP MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar questions Rahul Gandhi's caste, demands members
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar on Wednesday questioned the caste of Rahul Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, alleging that he is the "grandson of Feroze Khan and his mother is a Christian."
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