"Akhilesh Yadav and his family members have been advocates of OBC reservation. But if anybody staunchly opposed the OBC reservation, it was Rajiv Gandhi who gave a lengthy speech that ran for more than two hours in the Lok Sabha. Akhilesh is allied with the same Congress and calls himself si
"If you want to do politics, then you have a platform within the country, there is your party and you are a member of the Parliament. You should keep your point there (Parliament) whatever you want to say. But there is no leader in the world who creates such an atmosphere outside their count
Senior Congress leader and Advisor to the Telangana Government for SC, ST, OBC, and Minorities, Mohammed Ali Shabbir, on Sunday strongly criticised the BJP-led government over the passage of the Waqf Amendment Act, stating that Telangana was the first state to oppose the Waqf Amendment Bill.
Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks criticising the quota for minority contractors, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday defended the state government's reservation policy and said that they are also giving reservations to Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Schedul
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi stressed three historic resolutions: to abolish the 50 per cent cap on reservations, implement a legal framework for the SC/ST Sub Plan to give these classes a share in the budget based on their population, and enforce the right to reservation in private educatio
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sudhanshu Trivedi on Tuesday attacked Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his Bihar visit and said that the latter toured Bihar in the name of solving the problems of the Congress in the state.
The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is boosting financial independence among marginalized groups as nearly 50 per cent of the 52 crore PMMY accounts belong to individuals from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), says a report by State Bank of In
Congress leader and former Union Minister Srikant Jena has backed Congress MP Jairam Ramesh's statement, reaffirming the demand for OBC reservation under Article 15(5) in both government and private educational institutions.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge defended the state's decision to extend reservation in civil work contracts, citing constitutional provisions and past judicial rulings. He accused the BJP of misleading the public, asserting that the inclusion of Muslims in the Backward Class category has b
Rabri Devi and RJD leaders staged a protest outside Bihar Vidhan Sabha, demanding 65% reservations for OBCs. They raised slogans against CM Nitish Kumar, calling him "Aarakshan Chor," and sought to include OBCs in the Scheduled Castes list.