"India cannot be a true democracy if OBCs, SCs, STs, and minorities -- the AHINDA communities -- are merely counted but not heard," Siddaramaiah said while addressing the AICC OBC council meet here, adding, "This is not just a fight for reservation. It is a fight for dignity, recognition,
The response was made with reference to a letter from the Association that raised concerns about discrimination in statutory appointments, violation of reservation norms, and delay in filling backlog posts.
Earlier on Thursday, Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar announced that the cabinet has advanced efforts to implement the 42% OBC quota in local body elections. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who directed officials to initia
The minister emphasised that the government is committed to fulfilling its promise, made by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on February 4, 2024, within the promised timeframe of one year.
The response from the SEC came on Thursday, hours after the state's Urban Development Department issued a letter postponing the finalisation of the ULB reservation roster due to the unavailability of updated Census data.
In a post shared on the social media platform X, Kumar wrote, "Everyone knows that it has been decided to grant 35 per cent horizontal reservation exclusively to female candidates who are native residents of Bihar for direct appointments to all levels and types of posts in all government
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor launched a sharp critique of the Bihar government's recent policy announcements, accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of misleading the public through recycled promises and symbolic measures that fail to tackle the state's deep-rooted unemployment crisis.
"The formation of the Youth Commission is important and historic in the direction of making the youth of Bihar self-reliant and capable to moving forward towards development and progress," the minister said.
Bihar cabinet approved 43 schemes and projects, including the formation of the Bihar Youth Commission, 35 per cent reservation for women native to Bihar and Rs 100 diesel subsidy for farmers on Tuesday.
State Congress President Jitu Patwari alleged that the BJP government spent huge amounts of money worth crores so that the 27 per cent reservation of OBCs should not be implemented in the state.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha on Thursday demanded that the government should not hold elections until the promise of 42 per cent reservation for Backwards classes in Telangana is fulfilled.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, while inaugurating the new SP office in Azamgarh on Thursday, took a dig at the BJP, saying that whenever elections are held in Bihar, some parties try to distract the public by speaking against reservation, the Constitution, socialism, and secu