While addressing a Veerashaiva-Lingayat meeting in Shivamogga, Eshwarappa said, "We do not want even a single Muslim vote here. Nationalist Muslims will, however, vote for the BJP."
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till May 9, the hearing on a plea challenging the Karnataka Government's decision to scrap four per cent OBC reservation for Muslims and the State Government assured the top court that assurance given earlier not to implement the notification will be co
Reiterating that Congress provided 4 per cent reservations to Muslims in Karnataka in an "unconstitutional manner", Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state ended the "special favour" which was meant for "scoring political poin
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing for April 25 of the petitions challenging the scrapping of the four per cent (Other backward Classes) OBC quota for Muslims in Karnataka.
The Supreme Court issued notice to Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on a petition by the All India Council of Mayors in the matter concerning OBC quotas in the UP local body poll.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision directing the State government to hold local urban bodies elections by January end without granting reservation to OBCs.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court's order directing the Uttar Pradesh government to hold local urban bodies elections in the State by the January end without granting reservation to OBCs.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on January 4 the plea of Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the State poll panel to hold urban local body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on December 27 quashed a December 5 Uttar Pradesh government order proposing reservations for OBCs in civic elections. It ordered the State Election Commission to "immediately" notify elections to the urban local bodies without OBC quotas.
Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) opposing the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
Days after the Lucknow bench of the High Court quashed OBC reservation in civic body elections by the government, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party was depriving the Dalits and Backwards of their rights.