Kesavan said that the Karnataka government's decision is a "blatant" betrayal of Dr BR Ambedkar's principles of social justice. He highlighted that for Congress, neither the nation, the Constitution, nor the welfare of these communities comes first; for them, their "religious appeasement" po
Slamming the Karnataka government for increasing reservation for minorities under various housing schemes from 10 to 15%, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday called Congress a modern representation of the Muslim League and accused it of behaving like its leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah who f
Tarun Chugh on Friday lashed out at the Karnataka government over its decision to provide a 15 per cent reservation to Muslims in housing schemes, terming it "unconstitutional and illegal" and accusing the ruling Congress party of indulging in appeasement politics.
The Karnataka government's decision to increase reservation for minority communities under housing schemes has sparked strong criticism from the BJP. State party president Vijayendra Yediyurappa has called it "unconstitutional" and accused the Congress of indulging in vote-bank politics.
After the Karnataka Cabinet decides that the reservation for minorities under various housing schemes has been increased from 10 to 15 per cent, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi called the move against the Constitution by referring to the Supreme Court's rejection of religion-based reservation.
Karnataka Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar defended the state's decision to increase minority reservations in housing schemes from 10% to 15%, citing the Sachar Committee Report. He accused BJP's Amit Malviya of creating hatred and dividing society.
Under the convergence model devised with the Khordha District Collector, half or more of the funds needed for development projects will be provided through MPLAD and the other half will be coming from various central and state government schemes.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader John Brittas has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, urging the Government to extend the June 30, 2025 deadline for exercising the option to join the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday lauded the extensive administrative reforms that have reshaped India's governance landscape on the occasion of the completion of 11 years of the NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasising their profound socio-economic implication
Gadkari said the new system translates to an average toll cost of Rs 15 per crossing--substantially lower than the current average--and is expected to save regular highway users up to Rs 7,000 a year.