The Congress leader has frequently raised the caste issue and has expressed his opposition to the '50 per cent cap on reservation. On Saturday, Rahul Gandhi asserted that education is not possible without understanding the history of India, which is connected to Dalits.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday advertised 45 posts -- 10 of joint secretaries and 35 of directors/deputy secretaries -- to be filled through the lateral entry mode on a contract basis, triggering a political stir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive conversation with India TV slammed the 'Khan Market' gang who raise questions on his government over SC, ST, OBCs and slammed the Congress for ending their quota in various institutions.
On Sunday, Delhi Police registered an FIR in Amit Shah's fake video under Sections 153, 153A, 465, 469, and 171G of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66C of the IT.
In his first election rally in Gujarat after the poll announcement, PM Modi said as long as he and the Bharatiya Janata Party were around, reservation in jobs and education granted to SCs/STs/OBCs, and economically weaker sections will be safeguarded.
Police in BJP-ruled Gujarat arrested a Congress leader and an AAP functionary, and Delhi Police issued notices to 12 more people from different opposition parties as the probe into the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech widened.
The BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress, alleging that it circulated a “deep fake and morphed” video of Home Minister Amit Shah to derail the poll process, and demanded strict action against the party.
The NCBC said the blanket categorisation of Muslims as a backward caste undermines the principles of social justice, particularly for the marginalised Muslim castes and communities identified as socially and educationally backward.
Union Minister Narayan Rane voiced his dissatisfaction regarding the Maharashtra government's decision to extend all privileges afforded to the OBCs to the Maratha community until they secure reservation.
This move comes in response to the Maharashtra government's decision regarding the Maratha quota, highlighting a rift within the government.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was speaking in Lok Sabha during the winter session on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 & The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2023.
The former Lok Sabha member said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has stressed that the reservation to the OBCs would not be disturbed.
In India TV-CNX survey which was held in 84 constituencies, people were asked that if Lok Sabha elections are held today, who will the OBC vote bank make the Prime Minister?
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the upcoming special session of Parliament.
MP Congress claimed that OBC seats had reduced by 60 per cent (compared to previous polls of 2014-15) this time. The official handle of the party claimed that the district panchayat member posts had come down by 61 per cent and in 13 districts, OBC quota had become nil.
For the first time in independent India, Census 2021 will collect data on Other Backwards Castes (OBCs), work for which has begun, the government announced on Friday.
The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to highlight the decision to collect OBC data in the 2021 census in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as several OBC groups have been demanding for it for long.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday appointed a five-member panel headed by Delhi High Court’s former Chief Justice G Rohini to examine the sub categorisation of OBCs
Fatehpur (UP), Feb 14: BSP supremo Mayawati today accused Congress of trying to “create fissures” between Muslims and OBCs by promising nine per cent reservation to the minority community.“Congress is trying to create fissures between
New Delhi: A national commission has said that upper castes who do not pay income tax are akin to other backward castes (OBCs), a policy recommendation which can have far-reaching consequences, reports Times of India.
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