It's a fraud: Mayawati slams UP govt over adding 17 OBC communities to Schedule Castes
5 years, 8 months ago

It's a fraud: Mayawati slams UP govt over adding 17 OBC communities to Schedule Castes

India TV News  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday said the Uttar Pradesh government including 17 communities belonging to the Other Backward Classes in the Schedule Caste list is nothing but a complete freud. Addressing a press conference, The BSP chief said that the people belonging to these 17 castes will not receive any benefits of the categories as UP govt will not treat them as OBCs. It's a fraud with people belonging to these 17 castes, as they won't receive the benefits of any of the categories as UP govt will not treat them as OBCs. "We demanded that SC category reservation quota be increased so that benefits received by castes in SC category don't diminish and the 17 castes that'll be added to the category also receive benefits.Had made such demands in past.

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Mayawati opposes Supreme Court ruling on sub-classification of Scheduled Castes
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mayawati opposes Supreme Court ruling on sub-classification of Scheduled Castes

India Today  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday expressed her party's opposition to the recent Supreme Court verdict allowing sub-classification within Scheduled Castes. "The sub-classification of people within SCs and Scheduled Tribes has been permitted, our party doesn't agree with it at all," Mayawati said during a press conference in Lucknow. In a landmark verdict, …

'Islamisation of India': CM Yogi on Congress-led Karnataka govt move to include Muslims in OBC category
11 months ago

'Islamisation of India': CM Yogi on Congress-led Karnataka govt move to include Muslims in OBC category

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has slammed the Congress-led government in Karnataka for proposing to include all castes and communities of Muslims in Other Backward Classes saying it's very unfortunate and an attempt at 'Islamisation of India'. So, be it Justice Verma committee report or Sachar Committee Report - they were all attempts by Congress …

OBCs upset with Maratha inclusion in caste category
1 year, 1 month ago

OBCs upset with Maratha inclusion in caste category

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: After Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s aggressive appeasement of the Maratha community and his efforts to include them in the OBC category, the BJP’s RSS-backed OBC vote bank has been significantly affected. This vote bank had been systematically nurtured over the years in opposition to the Maratha community. A balance was maintained to preserve social harmony, ensuring that individuals …

In Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi does OBC outreach and offers a bundle of promises
1 year, 4 months ago

In Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi does OBC outreach and offers a bundle of promises

The Hindu  

Free education in government institutions, an annual ₹4,000 assistance for those who collect tendu leaves and farm loan waiver are among the several sops announced by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, even as he kept his focus on the party’s OBC outreach with the promise of a caste-based survey for the State. Addressing election rallies …

OBCs demand reservations proportionate to their population
2 years, 5 months ago

OBCs demand reservations proportionate to their population

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: A high-level meeting of OBC employees from all over India in Chennai demanded that the centre provide reservations in promotions to backward class communities, remove creamy layer, conduct caste census and increase reservations for BCs as per the size of their population. Addressing the employees, National BC Welfare Association president and MP R. Krishnaiah called upon employees to be …

UP polls 2022: Anupriya Patel seeks more political representation for OBCs to ensure 'social justice'
3 years, 3 months ago

UP polls 2022: Anupriya Patel seeks more political representation for OBCs to ensure 'social justice'

India TV News  

Highlights Anupriya Patel has pitched for more political representation for OBCs The Apna Dal had won nine seats in the 2017 assembly polls The party has contested the three elections in alliance with the BJP Political history clearly shows that the party or alliance that gets the OBC support comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, BJP ally and Apna Dal …

Inclusion of MBCs in scheduled caste list signals shift in social equations in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Assembly bypolls
5 years, 8 months ago

Inclusion of MBCs in scheduled caste list signals shift in social equations in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Assembly bypolls

Firstpost  

The Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to include 17 Most Backward Castes in the list of Scheduled Castes is likely to give the BJP an edge in the upcoming Assembly bypolls. Lucknow: The process to issue caste certificates to members of the 17 most backward classes, which were included in the SC list, could not have come at a more appropriate …

OBCs got reservation due to our efforts; BJP, Congress working against interests of community: Mayawati
6 years, 4 months ago

OBCs got reservation due to our efforts; BJP, Congress working against interests of community: Mayawati

India TV News  

Other Backward Classes got reservation because of the efforts by our party, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Maywati claimed on Friday. During the VP Singh government at the Centre, the BSP had launched a countrywide agitation for the implementation of Mandal commission's report, but the BJP and Congress opposed it, she said while addressing a campaign rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli. …

‘The OBCs will support us’
7 years, 2 months ago

‘The OBCs will support us’

The Hindu  

Prakash Ambedkar, president of the Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh and grandson of B.R. The bandh call, given because of the violence in Bhima Koregaon, was dramatically successful. I am aware that in the past when there were other grave issues like the Riddles issue, I handled it very differently, but this situation demanded a bandh call. From this point of view …

Poll-bound Akhilesh Yadav adds 17 castes to SC list
8 years, 3 months ago

Poll-bound Akhilesh Yadav adds 17 castes to SC list

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: With the crucial assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh around the corner, the Akhilesh government, on Thursday, approved the conversion of 17 Other Backward Castes to Scheduled Castes list at a cabinet meeting. In March 2013, the state assembly had passed a resolution asking the Centre to include 17 castes of the state into the list of Scheduled Castes category. …

UP govt gives assent to include 17 OBCs in Scheduled Castes list
8 years, 3 months ago

UP govt gives assent to include 17 OBCs in Scheduled Castes list

Live Mint  

Lucknow: Playing the caste card ahead of Assembly elections, the Akhilesh Yadav government on Thursday gave its assent to include 17 Other Backward Classes in the Scheduled Castes list. The 17 sub-castes which the government wants included in the SC category are Kahar, Kashyap, Kewat, Nishad, Bind, Bhar, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Batham, Gaur, Tura, Majhi, Mallah, Kumhar, Dheemar and Machua. Earlier …

Centre approves inclusion of 15 new castes in OBC list
8 years, 3 months ago

Centre approves inclusion of 15 new castes in OBC list

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved inclusion of 15 new castes and modification in 13 other castes in the Central list of Other Backward Classes. The National Commission of Backward Classes had recommended a total of 28 changes in respect of 8 states — Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. “The changes …

Mayawati backs caste-based census
14 years, 10 months ago

Mayawati backs caste-based census

The Hindu  

Supporting the demand for a caste-based census, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday assailed the Congress, the BJP and other parties for stalling the process. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Ms. Mayawati backed the caste-based census which, she said, would help in the educational and socio-economic uplift of the OBCs. She saw a conspiracy in the …

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