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"If you are taking action this time, then stay there...PoK is ours": Owasi
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Calling for action against Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday referred to the 'ghar me ghus ke maara' line used by BJP leaders in their speeches over the aerial and surgical strikes conducted d
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BRS' K Kavitha "heartily welcomes" Centre's decision on caste census, says
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Thursday 'heartily' welcomed the central government's decision to include a caste-based census in the upcoming census. She also urged Central government to carry out the caste census in a transparent manner using latest technology.
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"PM Modi became nervous because...": Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhur
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi became nervous because of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's 'Jitni Aabadi Utna Haq' slogan and then decided to conduct a caste census.
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"A Jumla, just a way of diversion": VBA Chief Prakash Ambedkar on Centre's
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Prakash Ambedkar questioned the timing and intent behind the announcement, alleging that it is aimed at suppressing growing demands for an OBC caste census and concealing what he termed the "economic genocide" of backward communities under upper-caste rule.
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"Vision, not division...": Himachal CM Sukhu welcomes Centre's decision on
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to reporters here today, Sukhu said, "We thank the Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the decision over the caste census. This was a long-pending demand raised by Rahul Gandhi, and it has now been accepted. The purpose of the caste census is not to divide socie
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"Caste census conducted in 2011 was haphazard": BJP leader Aparajita Saran
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Aparajita Sarangi on Thursday termed the 2011 caste census a "haphazard survey" and said that the central government has decided to conduct a caste census, keeping in view the people's needs.
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"Victory of Rahul Gandhi": Congress MP Imran Masood after Centre's decisio
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A day after the Centre announced that caste data will be recorded in the forthcoming census, Congress MP Imran Masood called the Centre's decision as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's "victory."
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Congress only does 'Tamasha': BJP's RP Singh
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Singh said, "In 2010, Manmohan Singh stated that he would take forward the caste census, but it never happened. Former Congress leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi, were all opposed to it."
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Hyderabad Congress workers celebrate; pour milk over Rahul Gandhi, CM Reva
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress workers in Hyderabad celebrated and showered milk over the posters of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and party MP Rahul Gandhi, along with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy as a gesture of reverence and gratitude after the Centre announced that the forthcoming populatio
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"100% victory of 90% PDA people": SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav hails caste cens
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Addressing a press conference, Yadav said, "The government has just taken a decision. We are happy that a step has been taken towards establishing social justice. The decision of caste census is a 100% victory of 90% PDA people. Due to the combined pressure from all of us, the BJP governm
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Don't know when census will happen, there's already a delay of four years:
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to the media, Tejashwi highlighted that RJD Chief Lalu Yadav had said that even if the RSS people had to be made to do the caste census by holding their ears, it would be done.
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Congress MP Pramod Tiwari calls caste census inclusion "victory" for Rahul
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday described the Centre's decision to include caste-based census with national census as a "victory" for the persistent efforts of party leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
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