Taking to X, Rahul Gandhi wrote in a post that the Congress government had fulfilled its promise of increasing the OBC reservation further, stating that this was a "revolutionary step" towards social justice, through which 50 per cent of reservations in the state had been demolished.
The delegation comprising Justices BR Gavai, Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, MM Sundresh, KV Viswanathan and N Kotishwar will visit Manipur relief camps on March 22.
elangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Mahesh Kumar Goud on Tuesday reaffirmed the party's commitment to increasing reservation to 42 per cent and called on the Central government to lift the existing 50 per cent ceiling on quotas.
The Congress' central leadership has called meetings of the party's district presidents. The meetings will be held at Indira Bhawan in Delhi on 27-28 March and 3 April, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said.
Telangana Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy termed the passage of the SC (Rationalisation of Reservations) Bill 2025 in the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Tuesday as a landmark decision.
Congress MP Kiran Kumar Chamala lauded Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for implementing a 42percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state, calling it a "daring step" and a major achievement for the party.
Congress leaders including Bhupesh Baghel, Kumari Seljha, Sachin Pilot, Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken, and Randeep Surjewala among others also participated in the meeting.
Notably, 30 people reportedly lost their lives at the stampede that occurred on the occasion of the Mauni Amavasya bathing ritual on January 29 at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.
"If the Chief Minister and Home Minister of the state call this incident pre-planned, then it is clear that it is the failure of the government and the police. He (Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavi) himself is from Nagpur; if this incident is happening there, then it is the failure of the g
Congress MP Praniti Shinde criticised BJP over the Nagpur incident, alleging that the issue, which dates back 300 years, was being used to divert attention from pressing concerns in Maharashtra.