Karnataka Government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that no admissions or appointments will be taken place on the basis of a government order, scrapping four per cent (Other Backward Classes) OBC reservation for Muslims, till April 18.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list a plea challenging the Karnataka government's decision to scrap the reservation of four per cent given to Muslims in the state.
BJP and Congress leaders took swipe at each other on Friday during the poll battle in Karnataka as electioneering gathered pace in the southern state with almost a month left for polling
Reacting to Congress leader DK Shivakumar's promise of cancelling the scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota after coming to power, Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai said that the Congress party cannot even touch the reservation.
The official social media handle of Karnataka BJP on Twitter said," DK Shivakumar clarified that we will cancel the reservation given to Okkaliga, Veerashaiva-Lingayat, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. For appeasement politics, the right of these communities to be uprooted INC Karna
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's plea challenging the Calcutta HC order rejecting his petition against two notifications and issue relating to computation of population for the purpose of reservation of seats for SC/ST and Backward Classes in p
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday decided to reserve 10 per cent general duty constable posts, against the 1,29,929 sanctioned posts, in the Central Reserve Police Force for ex-Agniveers.
"TN CM has chosen to close his eyes and say the world is dark. That's how his attempt to project social justice federation and the speech that he gave yesterday reflected. He doesn't want the EWS reservation, which Aringar Anna, his ideological mentor, wanted back in 1967," Annamalai said.
"Congress says they will take back the reservation which we have announced. There is no question of them (congress) coming to power. They can't take back the reservation as they will never come to power," said CM Bommai.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday alleged that the Congress Party had no faith in Dr BR Ambedkar or in the Constitution of India after All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and Congress Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala accused him of frequently changing
Doctors in Vijaywada staged a protest on Friday demanding a judicial inquiry into the death of Dr Acchenna, Deputy Director of the veterinary department in a hospital in Kadapa of Andhra Pradesh's Vijaywada district as they suspect he was murdered.
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.