The Court was dealing with a plea filed by the West Bengal government challenging a May last year Calcutta High Court order that had quashed the State government's decision to include 77 communities in the OBC category.
Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir, Sunil Sharma, has criticized the recently presented J&K budget, alleging that it lacks provisions for daily wage labourers, the unemployed, and marginalized communities such as OBCs, SCs, and STs.
Taking to social media post on X, BJP4Karnataka wrote, "Scam CM @siddaramaiah in Karnataka presents a Halal Budget--appeasement at its peak! Reservation for Muslims in government contracts. Rs50,000 assistance for Muslim simple marriages. Rs150 crore for infrastructure development of Waqf
Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday, accused the BJP of preparing a Constitution based on Manusmriti, alleging a conspiracy to oppress Dalits and OBCs.
This comes after former Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to include Delhi's Jat community in the OBC list of the Centre. He accused the BJP-led central government of "cheating" the community in the name of OBC reservation for the last 10 year
Accusing the Congress of being "anti-reservation," Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that the Congress does not want any welfare of OBCs but they want to give quota to Muslims by increasing the limit by 50 per cent.
BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday slammed Congress, saying that it did not want the backward classes in the country to get advanced. She criticised the previous Congress governments for not implementing the Mandal Commission report which recommended 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (
Union Minister Reddy said that Congress' promise to provide reservations for Muslims was a "betrayal" of Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision adding that the move not only promotes communal division but also jeopardises reservations meant for the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Cl
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Congress and its allies in INDIA bloc of trying to reduce reservation for SCs,STs and OBCs and "give it to Muslims".
The controversy erupted when Patole, campaigning for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Akola on Monday, said "I want to ask, will the OBC people of Akola district vote for the BJP, who are calling you dogs? It is time to make the BJP a dog now; they have become so arrogant."
Addressing a public rally in PaIamu, Jharkhand, Amit Shah said, "Congress talks about reservation, but in our constitution, there is no such provision to give reservation on the basis of religion. In Maharashtra, a group of some 'Ulemah' submitted a memorandum to them about 10 per cent re
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted a strong attack on Congress and MVA in his election rallies in Maharashtra, saying the opposition party wants to create rift among OBCs and is "pitting one caste against another" as he urged people to stay united, emphasisng "ek hain toh safe hain (tog