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"Karnataka govt's intention is to provoke communal strife": HD Kumaraswamy
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that the BJP-ruled state of Karnataka's "intention" behind scrapping 4 per cent OBC reservation for Muslims was to spark communal strife between Vokkaligas and Lingayats and the Muslim community.
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SC gives green signal to UP civic elections with OBC reservation
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court decision of accepting the report of the OBC Commission constituted by the state Government which paved the way for holding the urban local body (ULB) polls in the state.
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Amit Shah praises Yediyurappa, Bommai for "good governance" in Karnataka
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lauded Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his immediate predecessor and BJP veteran BS Yediyurappa stating that both have provided "good governance" during their respective tenures.
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Rajasthan MLA writes to Ashok Gehlot, demands increase in OBC reservation
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Congress MLA Harish Chowdhary on Tuesday wrote to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot demanding an increase in OBC reservation from 21 per cent to 27 per cent.
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Centre to decide on Dalit status, OBC categorisation after appointed commi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The government has given a time of six months for the committees to examine the issue of Dalit status for Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims.
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Will amend constitution for OBC reservation when Congress comes at centre:
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
He also said, "When I was the Chief Minister, I committed to give 27 reservations to OBC. What sin do I commit to provide reservation? But the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s intention was bad, they dragged the matter into the court."
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OBC reservation in urban polls: Samajwadi Party files SLP in apex court
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party on Wednesday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court, opposing the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservations for Other Backward Classes.
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UP: Preliminary report for OBC reservation to be ready in three months
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The first meeting of the Backward Classes Commission constituted by the state government in connection with the local body elections held a meeting on Saturday in which policies and procedures regarding the statewide survey were discussed, as per an official statement.
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UP govt moves SC against Allahabad HC order on OBC reservation in urban lo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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OBC reservation in urban polls: Yogi govt files SLP in Supreme Court
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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BJP depriving Dalits, backwards of their rights: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Yogi Adityanath government constitutes commission to decide OBC reservatio
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Tuesday, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered the government to conduct urban body elections in UP without implementing the OBC quota.
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