Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a blistering attack on the Congress party, accusing it of disseminating falsehoods regarding reservation policies.
A video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah is going viral on social media, claiming that he stated SC, ST, and OBC reservations would be abolished if the BJP government came to power. However, when fact-checked it was found that the viral video was doctored.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement added a new dimension to the ongoing reservation row between the BJP and the Congress in the election season. His clarity on the quota issue will strengthen BJP's stand.
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Earlier in an election rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said when the BJP government in Karnataka got an opportunity, it abolished the Muslim quota created by the Congress government out of the reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
Maratha quota row: Manoj Jarange Patil also urged the Maharashtra Government to withdraw all the cases registered by the police regarding the demand for Maratha reservation in the state.
PM Modi has called the Cabinet Secretary and other important officials and instructed them to expedite the committee formation and process of sub-categorisation in the reservation to Madiga community, government sources have informed.
At present, Bihar has 50 per cent reservation for OBC, EBC, SC and ST and the bill proposes to enhance this up to 65 per cent while there would be 10 per cent reservation given to the upper castes people on the basis of their financial condition.
The court had admitted multiple petitions against the act that came into effect from January 15, 2022 and provided 75 per cent reservation in jobs in the private sector to candidates from the state. It covered jobs offering a maximum gross monthly salary or wages upto Rs 30,000.
Mizoram will go to Assembly polls in a single phase on November 7 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3.
Women's Reservation Bill: Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday that census and delimitation will begin soon after the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin targeted the Centre saying it is not properly implementing the reservation policy.
Jarange further said that he would break the hunger strike but not move away from the place of agitation.
A 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court in May 2021 said that the Maratha community was not socially and educationally backward. It also refused a review petition in April 2023 declaring that the law which granted quota was unconstitutional.
The working committee of Congress is the highest decision-making body of Congress. There will be many new faces who will be inducted into the CWC as the party has decided to give 50% reservations to various categories.
Tharoor made the remark while citing a report which quoted an RTI reply to the state that more than 2.7 crore passengers could not travel by train in 2022-23 despite buying tickets because of being waitlisted.
BJP government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, recently, decided to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims in Karnataka.
Assembly poll in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 10 and the results are scheduled for May 13, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.
It is now clear that Modi government’s offensive against corruption will continue, irrespective of many parties coming together to oppose it. Modi said, anti-corruption campaign has shaken the roots of some corrupt politicians.
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