Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Saturday launched a scathing attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the OBC reservation bill saying that BJP is against the Dalits, backward classes, tribals, minorities, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs.
Referring to former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi for "opposing" for OBC reservation, the Union minister Shah said, "In 1957, the Kaka Kalelkar Commission was constituted to review the reservation for OBCs, but Congress didn't implement its suggestions for years. In 1980,
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Monday cautioned people against the manifesto of the INDI alliance, emphasising their alleged intention to confine daughters and women to their homes
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Sunday said it is unfortunate that the opposition parties Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) violated the Constitution to please their vote bank.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said that his government will scrutinize the OBC reservations given to Muslim communities in earlier governments adding that reservation should not be given on the basis of religion.
While addressing a public gathering in Haryana's Bhiwani, PM Modi said, "In West Bengal, they have issued OBC certificates to Muslims overnight and that too to infiltrators. The High Court has invalidated all the OBC certificates issued to Muslims in the last 10-12 years. See the mentalit
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday came out in opposition to the Calcutta High Court order scrapping OBC certificates issued after 2010, saying that OBC Reservation will continue and she will move higher courts if needed.
Hours after the Calcutta High Court cancelled OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she will not accept the judgement and "OBC reservation continues and will always continue".
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reservation jibe at Congress, party's General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the PM of giving "communal colour" to the reservation and of propagating blatant lies.
"In Karnataka, Congress tried to include Muslims in 27% OBC reservation...this is the right given by BR Ambedkar's constitution...we will object to this," he added.
Stating that the people of Karnataka are regretting now having brought the Congress party to power in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with News18, said that the party has turned a "tech-city" into a "tanker city", in what was a jibe at the water crisis faced by the
In a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his allegation that the BJP wants to take back reservations to backward sections if elected for a third term, Union Home Minister said on Sunday that the former was only trying to mislead people.