Kunda strongman and Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) chief Raja Bhaiya’s supporters are out in support of Bind in Mirzapur where Thakurs number about 90,000. The Thakurs are upset with Anupriya for her veiled attack on Raja Bhaiya. Ahead of voting in Kaushambi on 25 May, Anupriya Patel remarked that the time had come to end the dominance … Read more
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court Wednesday set aside OBC classification of 37 communities under a 2012 law of which it struck down many provisions, while also scrapping all OBC certificates issued in the state after 2010. The division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Rajasekhar Mantha, however, clarified that those who had already secured employment as … Read more
Chennai: Tamil Nadu-based Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) released its Lok Sabha election manifesto Wednesday pitching for state autonomy and social justice, but it drew flak for the promise to make parental nod mandatory for marriages of couples under the age of 21. The PMK will be contesting 10 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu under a … Read more
Gurugram: Haryana saw Manohar Lal Khattar resign as chief minister on Tuesday morning followed by the BJP state chief Nayab Singh Saini getting the vote at a legislature party meeting after the party’s decision to end ties with Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) . Political observers see this sudden move as an attempt to woo the … Read more
Rahul Gandhi held a rally at the Shaheed Maidan in Jharkand’s capital Ranchi. Ranchi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, in Ranchi, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (PTI Photo) Rahul Gandhi In Ranchi: “A nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if … Read more
Mumbai: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Other Backward Class (OBC) face Chhagan Bhujbal revealed that he had resigned from the cabinet on 16 November — a day before the first OBC rally was held in the state. It was while speaking at the mega OBC rally in Ahmednagar Saturday, that Bhujbal made this … Read more
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday declared its first list of candidates, including three members of the Yadav family and eight OBCs, for 16 Lok Sabha seats. While former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s wife and Mainpuri MP Dimple Yadav will contest from the constituency again, his cousins Dharmendra and Akshay Yadav have been fielded … Read more
Patna: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav reached Bihar Thursday to attend a function in what appeared to be an attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to showcase the country’s ‘only Yadav CM’ for wooing a community that remains aligned with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). At the function organised by the Shri Krishna Chetna … Read more
HYDERABAD: BSP chief Mayawati took a veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi, saying a senior leader of the Congressparty is vociferously seeking a caste-based census now but the Congress governments in the past did not accept the demand of OBCs to provide reservation to them on the lines of SCs and STs. She also criticised the … Read more
Jaipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raised Tuesday questions about PM Narendra Modi‘s caste, alleging a discrepancy in his OBC status. Speaking at the launch of Congress’s manifesto for the November 25 Rajasthan elections, Kharge claimed that Modi, belonging to the Ghanchi-Teli community, “stealthily” included it in the OBC category during his tenure as Gujarat CM.This … Read more