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Rahul Gandhi targets government over 'unemployment', accuses PM Modi of sp
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of speaking in different tones on the issue of caste and noted that caste census can be the basis to tackle unemployment in the country.
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"Congress is following British policy of divide and rule," says BJP's Kail
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The Congress is following the British policy of divide and rule. They should not try to divide the society in the name of caste. I request Congress to work for the poor people and should not divide the society on the basis of caste," Vijayvargiya said.
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"Why do you call yourself OBC when 'Garib' is the only caste in India?": R
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Launching a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked why the former identifies himself as an Other Backward Class (OBC) when PM considers 'poor' as the only caste in India.
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"Cringe-worthy...": Annamalai on Bihar CM's birth control remarks
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women during a debate on caste census at the state Assembly and called it "cringe-worthy."
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"Has lost mental balance...no longer worthy of holding CM post": Union Min
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a scathing riposte to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women during a debate on caste census at the state Assembly, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said he has lost his "mental balance".
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"Why leader from Munnuru Kapu caste was not chosen as BJP President in Tel
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Lal Bahadur Stadium and made big declarations for backward classes. Earlier, there was a backward-class president from Munnuru Kapu in the BJP and you changed him to G. Kishan Reddy. Why did you do that?" Owaisi said while referring to Dharmapuri
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"If as PM Modi says BJP gives maximum representation to OBCs, why does he
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that the BJP is the only party that "gives maximum representation to the OBC community, Telangana Minister and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao on Tuesday asked that if that is the case, then why is PM Modi against conducting a
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CM Nitish demands special status for Bihar, appeals for caste-based census
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demanded special status for Bihar state so that it can move forward and also appealed to the Centre to conduct a caste-based census across the country.
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BJP protests outside Bihar Vidhan Sabha over use of water cannons on Angan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
On the second day of the Bihar assembly winter session, Bhartiya Janata Party workers staged a protest outside Vidhan Sabha against the Bihar Government over the use of water cannons on Anganvadi workers and the caste-based census report.
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"Can see a repeat of 2003 in 2023," says Union Minister Prahlad Patel on u
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister Patel made the remark while speaking to ANI in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district on Tuesday in view of how many seats the party would secure in the upcoming state assembly polls. Patel is in fray from Narsinghpur assembly seats for the poll scheduled to be held this mont
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"Neither did anything for backward classes": K Kavitha tears into BJP, Con
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the frenzied political discourse around caste census, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha on Monday hit out at the Congress and the BJP on Monday, claiming that neither has done anything for the backward classes.
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Corruption, welfarism key issues in Chhattisgarh as Congress and BJP seek
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Congress and BJP are engaged in a fierce fight in Chhattisgarh, with both parties seeking to outdo each other in terms of poll promises as the state faces the first phase of assembly polls on Tuesday for 20 seats in Naxal-affected Bastar region and a few constituencies in other districts<
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