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.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on January 4 the plea of Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the State poll panel to hold urban local body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The bill has left the assembly and gone to the Raj Bhavan, even that too is pending. The Governor should either sign it or return it to the Vidhan Sabha. The bill was passed in the Vidhan Sabha on 2nd December. Even after one month, the future of the students and youth of the entire state
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A day after the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ordered holding of municipal elections without reservation for the Other Backward Class (OBC), Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said no elections will be held without giving reservation to the communit
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that the Pradesh Congress Committee would take out a big rally regarding the delay in signature of state governor Anusuiya Uikey on the reservation bill which has been passed in the state assembly.
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik on Thursday stated that no permission is required from the Central Government to provide Backward Caste (BC) reservation to any caste in State Government jobs and educational institutions.
Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said the government would take appropriate measures to give proper representation to the backward groups within the Vokkaliga community in the state.