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"Nitish Kumar ensured caste census in Bihar," BJP's Sanjay Jha on RJD prot
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Responding to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's demand for a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ensured that caste census took place in Bihar.
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Bihar: RJD holds state-wide one-day sit-in protest demanding nationwide ca
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
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RJD to hold agitation on Sep 1 demanding inclusion of 65% reservation for
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Patna High Court in June set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023, and The Bihar (In admission in Educational Institutions) Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 as ultra vires and violative of the equality clauses under Articles 14, 15 and 16.<
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"BJP is anti-people," says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav lashed out at BJP and termed the party as anti-people. Taking on to the social media platform X he said, "Just as BJP indirectly denies 'reservation' by talking about changing the constitution, in the same way it denies 'caste census
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan favours Caste Census says "govt schemes frame
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
After Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated the demand for a caste census, sparking fresh debate over the issue, Union Minister Chirag Paswan came in support of Caste census and said they want Caste census to take place as many of the government schemes are fr
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"Laughable, when he discusses development model," Prashant Kishor attacks
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Taking a jibe at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, election strategist-turned-politician and Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor said it is laughable when Tejashwi Yadav discusses the development model, as the person whose party was in rule for 15 years (in Bihar) doesn't know what GDP and growth r
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"Rahul Gandhi shedding crocodile tears over caste census": Union Minister
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh hit out at Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and claimed that he was shedding crocodile tears over the caste census and giving slogans to confuse people.
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"Anti-reservation parties": Mayawati slams Congress-SP, denies any allianc
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Targeting the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) over reservations, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday called both parties 'anti-reservation' and ruled out any future alliance with them.
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'Checked list of Miss India, there were no Dalit, tribal or OBC women': Ra
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday renewed his call for a nationwide caste census and pointed out the lack of representation of women from Dalit, Tribal, or Other Backward Classes communities in the "Miss India pageant list."
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"It will done at appropriate time": Amit Shah on delayed decadal census
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a press conference in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on Saturday, stating that the delayed decadal census will take place at an appropriate time.
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Those who believe 50 pc reservation limit will remain are dreaming: Rahul
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said on Saturday that those who believe the caste census can be halted or that the 50 per cent reservation limit would remain are "dreaming."
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"3.5 yrs delay in conducting census resulted in 12 cr Indians not getting
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Jairam told ANI that the Centre should include another column in the census questionnaire about OBCs.
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