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"Our demand to government is to implement Article 15(5)": Congress MP Jair
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He said, "In the first phase, we did it in government educational institutions, Delhi University, IITs, IIMs. In January 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously said that the amendment made in the Constitution, Article 15(5), is not against the basic structure of our Constitution...Then election
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Congress reiterates demand for legislation to implement Article 15(5) in p
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday reiterated the party's demand for legislation to implement Article 15(5) of the Constitution of India in private educational institutions.
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Our govt has decided to give reservations to backward classes in Panchayat
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the state government has decided to give reservations to the backward classes in Panchayats and urban local bodies in Haryana.
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"Aarakshan Chor": Rabri Devi leads RJD protest for 65% OBC reservations in
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks 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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"Congress party is the modern Muslim League": BJP's Pradeep Bhandari
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks 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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"Cannot have reservations based on religious identity": Kiren Rijiju slams
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday stated that the country's Constitution is secular and does not support any reservation based on religious identity or affiliation.
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We are protecting all backward class people: DK Shivakumar on Karnataka ca
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar defended Karnataka state cabinet passing a bill granting a four per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts and said that it was done to protect the backward class people.
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4% reservations in govt contracts against law, Congress will face consequ
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Saturday criticized Karnataka's decision to amend the KTPP Act to provide 4 per cent reservation in tenders for minority contractors, claiming it is a move to gain Muslim votes.
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LoP Rahul Gandhi, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi congratulate Telangana govt f
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Taking to X, Rahul Gandhi wrote in a post that the Congress government had fulfilled its promise of increasing the OBC reservation further, stating that this was a "revolutionary step" towards social justice, through which 50 per cent of reservations in the state had been demolished.
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Govt fulfilled decades-long demand for SC categorisation: Telangana Minist
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Telangana Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy termed the passage of the SC (Rationalisation of Reservations) Bill 2025 in the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Tuesday as a landmark decision.
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"Resolving to ensure 42 per cent reservations for OBC": Telangana CM Reddy
Updated : 12 months ago IST
CM Reddy said that the previous government sent a proposal to the Governor to increase BC reservation to 37 per cent. "This government is withdrawing the earlier proposal and sending a new proposal of 42 per cent reservation for BCs in education, employment and political opportunities." Read More
"Calculated move to appease vote bank...": BJP slams Karnataka govt over "
Updated : 12 months ago IST
"Reservations solely based on religion are unconstitutional and is not permitted. Despite being fully aware of this legal position the Siddaramaiah government in a very calculated move to appease and send a message to its vote bank has indulged in this constitutional adventure. This is be
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