NCP and Shiv Sena Clash Over Reservation Quota in Education and Government Jobs
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NCP and Shiv Sena Clash Over Reservation Quota in Education and Government Jobs

New Indian Express  

NCP leader Sharad Pawar urges the Centre to increase reservation in education and government jobs beyond the existing 50 per cent cap. Pawar argues that granting reservation to Marathas could violate the rights of other communities and that a constitutional amendment may be necessary to raise the quota cap.

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Congress government will demolish 50 per cent quota cap: Rahul Gandhi
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Congress government will demolish 50 per cent quota cap: Rahul Gandhi

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Asserting that the Congress would demolish the “artificial barrier” of 50% cap on reservations after coming to power at the Centre, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he remains committed to caste census and the Telangana model would be adopted for such an exercise nationwide. Terming the caste census slated to …

Mahayuti Alliance Seat-Sharing Finalised On 70-80 Per Cent Of Constituencies In Maharashtra: State BJP Chief
3 months, 1 week ago

Mahayuti Alliance Seat-Sharing Finalised On 70-80 Per Cent Of Constituencies In Maharashtra: State BJP Chief

ABP News  

Nagpur: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said the constituents of the Mahayuti alliance- Shiv Sena, BJP, and NCP- have arrived at a consensus on contesting 70 to 80 per cent of 288 seats for the assembly elections. We will agree upon fielding winnable candidates," the BJP leader told reporters in Nagpur. A consensus has been reached on 70 …

VP Dhankar slams Rahul Gandhi for reservation remark; Congress asks whether he agrees on lifting 50% cap
3 months, 1 week ago

VP Dhankar slams Rahul Gandhi for reservation remark; Congress asks whether he agrees on lifting 50% cap

Hindustan Times  

Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's alleged remark on ‘ending’ the system of reservations in education and employment, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar said on Sunday that such comments by a person holding a constitutional post shows his “anti-constitutional mindset”. Rahul Gandhi's remark and clarification At a conversation during his recent visit to the United States, the Leader of Opposition said India can …

Only Centre can raise reservation limit by removing the 50% cap: Uddhav
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Only Centre can raise reservation limit by removing the 50% cap: Uddhav

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the state lacks the power to remove the 50% cap on reservations, asserting that only the Centre has the authority to raise the ceiling limit through Parliament. Only Centre can raise reservation limit by removing the 50% cap: Uddhav Thackeray slammed the Eknath Shinde-led government over the vexed Maratha reservation issue …

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap
5 months, 3 weeks ago

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior TPCC leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Monday called on the NDA-led BJP government at the Centre to pass a bill in Parliament that would allow reservations to exceed the current 50 percent cap. Hanumantha Rao highlighted that the Congress wants all state laws regarding reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes to be included in …

SP demands Muslim reservation in Maharashtra
5 months, 3 weeks ago

SP demands Muslim reservation in Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle  

In a letter written to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, Samajwadi party MLA Rais Shaikh has demanded that five percent reservation must be given to Muslims at the earliest to eradicate their backwardness. In his letter, Shaikh, an MLA from Bhiwandi, referred to a recent statement made by the TDP general secretary and …

Parliament should pass law on reservations to exceed 50% cap: Congress
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Parliament should pass law on reservations to exceed 50% cap: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on June 30 said Parliament should pass a law to enable reservations to exceed the 50% cap, a day after NDA constituent Janata Dal demanded that the quota increase in Bihar be included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution. At a meeting of the JD national executive here on Saturday, the party expressed concern over a recent …

Rahul Gandhi promises to end 50 pc reservation cap
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi promises to end 50 pc reservation cap

Op India  

Even as political pundits and psephologists peg Congress to win not more than 40-80 Lok Sabha seats in the ongoing general elections, senior party leader Rahul Gandhi has been making fanciful claims should his party form a government at the centre. In a recent political rally, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced today that Congress will eliminate the Supreme Court-imposed 50% …

PM: Attempt to tinker with quota for SC/STs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

PM: Attempt to tinker with quota for SC/STs

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW/VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the INDIA bloc parties are conniving to snatch the reservation of SCs, STs and OBCs guaranteed by the Constitution of India, by altering the provisions and making it religion-based to appease their vote bank. He addressed three back-to-back rallies in Mau, Mirzapur and Deoria to seek support for NDA candidates of …

HT interview | ‘INDIA bloc must stick together after June 4,’ says Sharad Pawar
7 months, 4 weeks ago

HT interview | ‘INDIA bloc must stick together after June 4,’ says Sharad Pawar

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: The debate on wealth redistribution is “entirely foolish” but a caste census is the imperative of the day for reservation to be recalibrated, said Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar. Excerpts from the interview: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar. But the gentleman who is there—when he sees he is not getting adequate support—he tries to divert people’s attention …

Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

There are growing voices against the Centre’s move to push reservation quota to 70% in Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of recent announcements to have a separate 10% reservation for Paharis and other tribes and enhancement of OBCs quota to 8%. “The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to increase ST reservation by 10% at the expense of open merit …

Maratha quota row: 'Just for election', Manoj Jarange opposes Eknath Shinde's reservation bill
10 months ago

Maratha quota row: 'Just for election', Manoj Jarange opposes Eknath Shinde's reservation bill

India TV News  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Tuesday said the government's move to approve the draft bill for implementing a 10 per cent reservation has been taken by keeping election and votes in mind. This was his first reaction after the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government gave a nod to the draft bill for implementing a 10% reservation for the Maratha …

Rahul: Will remove 50% cap on quota, carry out caste census, if INDIA wins
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul: Will remove 50% cap on quota, carry out caste census, if INDIA wins

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: Eyeing the tribal population and people belonging to backward castes in Jharkhand, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Ranchi on Monday, promised Sarna Religion Code for tribals and caste census, if his party if comes to power at the center after 2024 polls. “We will ensure that the tribals here will get the Sarna …

Rahul Gandhi's big poll promise on 50% reservation cap if INDIA bloc voted to power
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi's big poll promise on 50% reservation cap if INDIA bloc voted to power

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if the INDIA bloc wins the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “If INDIA bloc comes to power, it will throw away the 50 per cent cap on reservation, ensure Dalits, tribals, OBCs get their rights,” Gandhi said. This is the …

In Bihar, reservation now at 75%. What about Supreme Court's 50% cap?
1 year, 1 month ago

In Bihar, reservation now at 75%. What about Supreme Court's 50% cap?

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court in its landmark 1992 judgment in the Indra Sawhney vs Union of India — popularly known as the Mandal Commission verdict – capped reservation for the backward class in government jobs and educational institutions at 50 per cent. The Kumar government’s decision also takes Bihar’s reservation quota past the 50 per cent camp imposed by the Supreme …

Ajit Pawar’s resuscitation of the Muslim quota issue puts ally BJP on the spot
1 year, 2 months ago

Ajit Pawar’s resuscitation of the Muslim quota issue puts ally BJP on the spot

The Hindu  

Soon after rebel Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar split his uncle Sharad Pawar’s party to align with the ruling Eknath Shinde-led government, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis had said that while the BJP’s alliance with CM Shinde’s faction of the Shiv Sena was “emotional,” that with Ajit Pawar’s NCP was borne of political necessity. Yet, barely two months later, the …

Will raise Muslim quota issue with Maharashtra CM Shinde and Deputy CM Fadnavis to find road ahead: Ajit Pawar
1 year, 2 months ago

Will raise Muslim quota issue with Maharashtra CM Shinde and Deputy CM Fadnavis to find road ahead: Ajit Pawar

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on September 25 said he had held a meeting with the State Minorities Department Minister and officials and would raise the Muslim quota issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to find a road ahead. Speaking to reporters in Pune, the Nationalist Congress Party leader said he recently held a meeting with State Minorities Minister …

Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar says he will speak to CM Shinde, Fadnavis on Muslim quota in education
1 year, 3 months ago

Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar says he will speak to CM Shinde, Fadnavis on Muslim quota in education

India TV News  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that he would discuss the provision of five per cent Muslim quota in the educational institutions with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. In 2014, the then Congress-led government had provided a five per cent quota to the Muslims in admissions to the educational institutions when it introduced …

Maratha Quota Stir: A Long-Drawn Politico-Legal Battle, Now a Ticking Time Bomb
1 year, 3 months ago

Maratha Quota Stir: A Long-Drawn Politico-Legal Battle, Now a Ticking Time Bomb

The Quint  

Veteran leader Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party has demanded that the Centre remove the 50 per cent cap on quota and raise it by 15-16 per cent to accommodate more communities. State Congress Chief Nana Patole wants the special session of Parliament meeting this month to address the issue. "The BJP has had a significant majority government at …

Centre should remove 50% cap on reservation, raise it by 15-16% to accommodate more communities: Sharad Pawar
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre should remove 50% cap on reservation, raise it by 15-16% to accommodate more communities: Sharad Pawar

The Hindu  

Amid protests demanding reservation for Marathas, the Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday told the Centre to remove the 50% cap on reservation in the country and raise it by 15-16% to accommodate more communities. Addressing a news conference at Jalgaon, Mr. Pawar said, “Some people say that making more people beneficiaries of the OBC quota is injustice …

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 25 defended the BJP Government’s decision in Karnataka of scrapping 4% quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in ‘religion-based reservation.’ The former BJP chief also took a dig at the Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted to power in the State after the …

Bhatti slams Amit Shah for remarks on Muslim quota
1 year, 7 months ago

Bhatti slams Amit Shah for remarks on Muslim quota

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka called Union home minister Amit Shah's statement that the BJP will scrap 4 per cent reservations for Muslims in Telangana if the party forms government a "drop of poison" meant to cause unrest in a state where people live in peace and communal harmony. Bhatti stated that the Congress government provided 4 percent reservations …

Unscientific, Says Moily on BJP's Move to Increase Lingayat-Vokkaliga Quota; Clears Air on Tipu Sultan
1 year, 8 months ago

Unscientific, Says Moily on BJP's Move to Increase Lingayat-Vokkaliga Quota; Clears Air on Tipu Sultan

News 18  

The Congress in Karnataka seems to have got a head start in this election with successful campaigns against the BJP like PayCM and 40 per cent commission having made an impact. If the Grand Old Party strategises the elections well and does not get ‘overconfident’, it can come back to power with a full mandate, believes senior Congress leader and …

Will restore scrapped 4 per cent quota for Muslims in Karnataka, says Congress
1 year, 8 months ago

Will restore scrapped 4 per cent quota for Muslims in Karnataka, says Congress

Hindustan Times  

Flaying the BJP-led Karnataka government for its decision to scrap the reservation for Muslims under Category 2B in the OBC list, the Congress declared on Sunday that it would restore the quota to the minority community in the event of the party coming to power in the State, where Assembly elections are due by May. Will restore scrapped 4 per …

Karnataka decides to abolish 4 per cent reservation for minorities
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka decides to abolish 4 per cent reservation for minorities

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced its decision to scrap the four per cent quota for minorities and add it to the existing quota of two dominant communities of the poll-bound state. The 4 per cent reservation given to Muslims under 2B classification of the OBC category will now be divided into two equal parts and added to the existing …

HC allows govt to decide on Panchamasali quota in Karnataka
1 year, 9 months ago

HC allows govt to decide on Panchamasali quota in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

The high court on Thursday allowed the Karnataka government to decide on the reservation for the Panchamasali Lingayat sub-sect while directing the state not to disturb the constitutionally guaranteed quota to other communities in the existing category 2A of the caste-based reservation list. The high court on Thursday allowed the Karnataka government to decide on the reservation for the Panchamasali …

NEET-SS : Supreme Court Allows Tamil Nadu Govt To Implement 50% In-Service Quota In Super Speciality Seats For Current Academic Year
2 years ago

NEET-SS : Supreme Court Allows Tamil Nadu Govt To Implement 50% In-Service Quota In Super Speciality Seats For Current Academic Year

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Tamil Nadu government to reserve 50 per cent of super speciality seats available in the current academic year in government medical colleges for NEET-qualified in-service doctors in accordance with a 2020 government order, the validity of which is currently under challenge before the top court. The present Division Bench led by Justice Gavai …

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?
2 years, 1 month ago

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court's judgment in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India upheld the One Hundred and Third Amendment to the Constitution of India. The majority, led by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, held that a) economic criteria can be the sole basis of reservations; b) EWS reservation can be applied to private unaided institutions; c) that exclusion of socially and educationally backward …

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls
2 years, 7 months ago

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, the Maharashtra government had a setback when the Supreme Court directed the State to release the schedule for local civic polls across the state within two weeks, upholding its stay on reservations for Other Backward Classes. Local body elections in Maharashtra have been on hold since the apex Court stayed the 27 per cent …

Sharad Pawar urges Centre to bring law to remove 50% cap on quota, says India needs caste-based census
3 years, 4 months ago

Sharad Pawar urges Centre to bring law to remove 50% cap on quota, says India needs caste-based census

Firstpost  

The central government has already exceeded the 50 percent limit by providing a 10 percent quota in jobs and education for economically weaker sections, Pawar said Mumbai: Maintaining that the Constitution was bigger than any court judgement, NCP president Sharad Pawar on Monday asked the Centre to enact a law to remove the Supreme Court-mandated 50 percent cap on reservations …

Maha House Passes Resolution Asking Centre to Bring Amendment to Remove 50% Cap on Quotas
3 years, 5 months ago

Maha House Passes Resolution Asking Centre to Bring Amendment to Remove 50% Cap on Quotas

News 18  

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to bring a Constitutional amendment to remove the 50 per cent ceiling on caste-based reservations set earlier by the Supreme Court as it is coming in the way of granting quota to the SEBC category comprising Marathas. As per the resolution moved by state PWD Minister Ashok Chavan …

State will recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation: CM Soren
3 years, 9 months ago

State will recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation: CM Soren

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government will inform the Supreme Court that the state was a votary to remove the 50% cap on reservation in government jobs to those belonging to Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Categories, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Friday. HT Image Responding to budgetary discussions in the state Assembly, the CM chief said the apex court …

‘Jharkhand would recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation’: CM
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Jharkhand would recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation’: CM

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government would recommend the Supreme Court that the state is a votary to remove the 50 per cent cap on the reservation for the ST, SCs and OBCs in government jobs, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Friday. Jharkhand is the second state after Rajasthan which would ask the Supreme Court to remove the 50 per cent cap …

Supreme Court may revisit 50% limit on total quotas
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court may revisit 50% limit on total quotas

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday may have opened up the possibility of reconsidering the ceiling imposed on total reservation, a move that may impact the challenge to the legality of a Tamil Nadu reservation law which allows 69% quota in State government jobs and educational institutions. However, on Monday, the Constitution Bench, which is also led by Justice Bhushan, decided …

Relaxation of 50% cap on reservation for Marathas in Maharashtra unwarranted, rules SC
4 years, 3 months ago

Relaxation of 50% cap on reservation for Marathas in Maharashtra unwarranted, rules SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday in a judgment expressed the prima facie opinion that the relaxation of the 50% cap on reservation for the Maratha community in Maharashtra is unwarranted. “Applying the law laid down by this Court in Indra Sawhney, we are of the prima facie opinion that the State of Maharashtra has not shown any extraordinary situation for …

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