OBC MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a meeting with party national president JP Nadda on Wednesday morning at Western Court in the national capital, party's OBC Morcha chief National President K Laxman said today.
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.
This comes after Smriti Irani slammed Rahul Gandhi for not issuing an apology to the OBC community over his remarks and said that the Congress leader insulted the OBC in an attempt to insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bharatiya Janata Party's OBC MPs held a protest in front of the Gandhi statue at the Parliament premise, demanding an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his 'Modi surname' remark.
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi stating that the Congress leader tendered an apology in the Supreme Court for his remarks and is now "pretending not to be a coward".
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.
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.
While addressing the media, DK Shivakumar said, "I am confident that Congress will come to power after the next 45 days. We will scrap all these reservations as there is no base in this there was no report," he said.
In a first, all the OBC MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be holding a meeting with party national president JP Nadda on the coming Wednesday in the national capital, party's OBC Morcha said on Sunday.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday hit out at the Congress and said the "'Sankalp Satyagraha'" launched by the party is in fact a "Duragraha" against Other Backward Class (OBCs) and courts of this country.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday ridiculed a journalist over his question regarding his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his 'Modi surname'.
Speaking exclusively to ANI at the UN, Rohini Ghavari said: "I have got a golden chance to be at the UN. For the past two years, I am doing my PhD in Geneva and it was my dream to represent India at the United Nations and spread awareness about the situation of the Dalit community in India".