Meeting a long-pending demand of Kapus, the government has included the community in the backward classes by creating a separate category 'F'.
Earlier, the state Assembly had passed a bill to raise the reservation for Other Backward Classes from 21 per cent to 26 per cent.
He defended his government's decision to introduce reservation in outsourced services and said those criticising it have "very little understanding" of the issue.
The agitation by the Jat community under the aegis of All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti completed 31 days on Tuesday
BJP president Amit Shah said today in Chunav Manch that the status quo on reservation will not be touched by the government in any case.
Pitching for equality, Rashtriya Svayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Manmohan Vaidya today called for a reservation-free India. Present at the Jaipur Lit Fest, Vaidya, who is also the Pramukh Pracharak of the right-wing organisation, said that
The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel who had been lodged in a Surat jail over two cases of sedition registered against him.
Mehsana: Curfew was imposed in Gujarat’s Mehsana town after a massive rally of the Patel community demanding reservation and release of their jailed leaders today turned violent. Police had to use lathicharge and fire teargas
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday stressed on increasing the reservation quota in jobs beyond 50 per cent in view of the increasing population of Schedule Castes and also advocated extending it to
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