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"Insult to Ambedkar's constitution": Yogi Adityanath questions DK Shivakum
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Calling it an "insult" to the Constitution framed by Ambedkar, Adityanath, in an exclusive interview with ANI, explained that during the framing of the Constitution, Ambedkar had rejected religion-based quotas.
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"DK Shivakumar's statement was distorted": Congress MP Shukla slams ruling
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Congress MP Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday defended Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over the controversy surrounding his reported statement on amending the Constitution, alleging that the ruling party misrepresented it.
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"Aarakshan Chor": Rabri Devi leads RJD protest for 65% OBC reservations in
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Rabri Devi and RJD leaders staged a protest outside Bihar Vidhan Sabha, demanding 65% reservations for OBCs. They raised slogans against CM Nitish Kumar, calling him "Aarakshan Chor," and sought to include OBCs in the Scheduled Castes list.
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DK Shivkumar row: Congress' Manickam Tagore accuses Kiren Rijiju of breach
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday alleged Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju of breaching the privilege and insulting the House after he sought clarification from the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge regarding the Congress' position on reservation for
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"Vote bank politics is being played": BJP MP K Laxman criticizes Telangana
Updated : 1 year ago IST
BJP Rajya Sabha MP K Laxman has criticized Telangana for including 90% of Muslims in the OBC category, accusing the state of playing vote bank politics and undermining the rights of OBC communities. He also mentioned Karnataka's plans for Muslim reservation.
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Congress Leader Udit Raj advocates for reservation in judiciary to curb co
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Congress leader Udit Raj has called for reservation in the judiciary, claiming it will reduce corruption, inefficiency, and bias, especially by diversifying the caste representation among judges. He also argued that it would improve checks and balances.
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"Who is doing politics of religion?": BJP MP slams Congress
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Days after the Karnataka government granted four per cent reservation to minorities in public contracts, BJP MP Mayank Nayak on Monday slammed the move and accused the Congress of playing "politics of religion."
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Kharge hits back, accuses BJP-led government of making law on basis of rel
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of making a law based on religion and said the Karnataka government's decision for reservation to the main minority in public contracts stems from a practice that has been in existence in the state since
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Akhilesh Yadav reaffirms support for Caste Census, says 'reservation not b
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday reaffirmed his support for a caste census, arguing that backward and Dalit communities should receive reservation benefits.
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BJP resorted to diversionary tactics, has distorted quota announcement of
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Referring to the Congress government's decision to provide four per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts, Jairam Ramesh said that reservation for the main minority community as part of OBCs was introduced in Karnataka in 1994, and there have been many chief ministers since then
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"Congress party is the modern Muslim League": BJP's Pradeep Bhandari
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Bhandari also accused the party of attempting to alter Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's framework to favour religious-based reservations and stated, "The Congress party is the modern Muslim League. This is the party that can change the Constitution of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar to provide res
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Centre, Opposition engage in war of words in Parliament over Karnataka's 4
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"I am saying this with a lot of sadness, the way Congress claims to be a protector of the Constitution but the way they have tried to destroy it. Dr B R Ambedkar had himself said, that reservation would not be done on the basis of the Constitution, this is an acceptable provision of the Cons
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