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"Not all Muslims avail reservations": Congress' Ashok Gehlot on Rajasthan
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Rajasthan social justice minister Avinash Gehlot said on Saturday that the Congress granted reservation to 14 Muslim castes under the OBC category and the state government will review them soon.
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Amit Shah slams Bengal CM’s remarks on HC order scrapping OBC certificates
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Calcutta High Court to cancel all OBC certificates issued in the state after 2010 and said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants "to rob the reservation of backward classes for her vote bank and give t
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BJP is focussing to win 400-plus seats to snatch rights of poor people, sa
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Hitting out at PM Modi, Kharge said, They are seeking 400-plus seats not for the welfare of the poor, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward caste....They are seeking it to take away the poor people's rights."
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"BJP opposed to any kind of reservation on basis of religion": UP CM Yogi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared on Tuesday that the people of the nation would not accept the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and INDIA bloc agenda to grant reservation to a specific religious group, thereby jeopardizing the constitutional framework and encroaching upon t
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"Sword of danger hanging over reservation for SC and STs": PM Modi attacks
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In an interview with CNN News 18, the PM said that Congress wants to end reservation and give it to Muslims, saying that the "sword of danger is hanging over reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other backward class".
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Some castes from Muslim community included in backward classes intentional
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"In the reservation system that was given under the Mandal commission, some castes in the Muslim community were included in the backward classes calling them Pasmandas intentionally to get rights," Hussain said speaking to ANI on Friday.
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"Congress hate SC, ST, OBCs...will give away their rights to Muslims": JP
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Friday claimed that the Congress and INDIA bloc have a hidden agenda to snatch away the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes and give it to Muslims.
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BJP will end reservation for Muslims in Telangana: Amit Shah
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that BJP will end reservation for Muslims in Telangana and provide the benefit to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
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Congress making different castes fight each other, says Rajasthan Minister
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Congress wants to make different castes fight against one another, they want to do appeasement. Here the Congress party has tried to make the Gurjars fight against the Meenas," Meena said speaking to ANI on Wednesday.
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National Commission for Backward Classes criticises OBC quota for Muslims
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The National Commission for Backward Castes has criticised the Karnataka government's decision to categorise the entire Muslim community in the state under the OBC category and said that it is causing 'injustice' for the OBC community.
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"Constitution can never be changed... Congress creating confusion": BJP ca
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Lok Sabha Speaker and BJP candidate from Kota constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Om Birla, assured that the Constitution can never be changed and that the Congress is trying to spread falsehoods and create confusion within the Scheduled Castes.
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Middle-class voting against BJP: Akhilesh Yadav on PM's "Mangalsutra" scar
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Those who had taken away hard-earned money of poor and women during demonetization are talking about jewellery today. The truth is that the middle class, who have one or two pieces of jewellery, is also voting against the BJP because the middle and lower middle-class people are also affecte
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