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  FACT CHECK: Rahul Gandhi's video misleadingly edited to falsely portray tailor claim | Check here

  Fact Check | December 21, 2023 14:49 IST

  A misleading video circulating online falsely suggests that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi referred to himself as a tailor. Fact-checking by India TV uncovered the distortion, clarifying that Gandhi was quoting a conversation about the lack of recognition for tailors from backward castes.

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  Slap those who snatch your rights, Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh tells backward castes

  India | June 27, 2018 22:15 IST

    "Rights will not come your way if you beg for it," he said at a backward classes convention on Monday in memory of former prime minister V P Singh.

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  BJP a champion of backward castes: Amit Shah

  Politics | January 10, 2016 23:49 IST

  New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today projected his party as a champion of backward castes, asserting that his party had given maximum chief ministers from the OBC category and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Lalu Yadav demands quota in government contracts for backward castes

  India | July 06, 2014 21:35 IST

  Vaishali (Bihar): Raking up the reservation issue, RJD President Lalu Prasad today demanded 60 per cent reservation in government contracts for people belonging to Extremely Backward Castes (EBC).“We demand 60 per cent reservation for EBC

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  Central May Relax Definition Of OBC Creamy Layer

  India | November 13, 2011 12:59 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 13: The Centre is considering a proposal to drastically relax the definition of "creamy layer" for the OBC quota to enable those with an annual income of Rs 12 lakh in metros