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Will BJP pick a Dalit as its U.P. chief or rely on OBC, upper caste face again?

With the district-level elections having been completed more than a week ago, the BJP is now set to appoint its new Uttar Pradesh state president. According to BJP insiders given the growing focus on social engineering in the state with the principal Opposition also aggressively mobilising voters on caste lines especially since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the party may …

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5 days, 2 hours ago

2 More Congress MLAs Suspended As Odisha Assembly Adjourned 4 Times Amid Ruckus

ABP News

Bhubaneswar, Mar 26 Odisha Assembly witnessed ruckus and was adjourned four times on Wednesday as Speaker Surama Padhy suspended two more Congress MLAs over "indiscipline". The two Congress MLAs - Taraprasad Bahinipati and Ramesh Jena - who escaped suspension on Tuesday, entered the House on Wednesday and started beating gongs to protest the suspension of 12 of their members on …

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5 days, 9 hours ago

‘Justice Rohini panel report on OBC quota yet to be submitted’

Hindustan Times

The Union ministry of social justice told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that it has not yet received the report from the Justice G. Rohini Commission, which was tasked with examining the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes. In response to a query by DMK MP VS Matheswaran in the Lok Sabha, the minister of state for social justice, BL Verma, …

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6 days, 2 hours ago

Gongs, Cymbals Used In Odisha Assembly To Disrupt Proceedings During Women’s Safety Protest

ABP News

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly witnessed chaos on Tuesday as opposition MLAs played gongs and raised slogans while protesting over various issues, forcing Speaker Surama Padhy to adjourn the proceedings twice till 12.01 pm. As soon as the House assembled for the day, BJD and Congress members trooped into the well with placards, played musical instruments, raised slogans, alleging that the …

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6 days, 11 hours ago

How poll politics is inherent in Telangana, Bengal caste counts

India Today

India’s social fabric is woven with intricate threads of caste, a reality that has shaped its politics, economics and social dynamics for centuries. In Tamil Nadu, Congress state president K. Selvaperunthagai urged the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government to conduct a caste survey similar to Telangana’s. In 2023, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, then aligned with the anti-BJP bloc, conducted a …

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1 week, 1 day ago

In Bihar poll year, how Tejashwi Yadav is rewriting his playbook

India Today

When the odds don’t favour you, change the playbook. While Nitish cast himself as a champion of employment, Tejaswi reminded Bihar’s voters of the unfulfilled promise of 65 per cent reservation—struck down by the Patna High Court last year—blaming both the National Democratic Alliance governments in Delhi and Patna for their inaction. At the heart of his argument lies the …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025

Live Law

NOMINAL INDEX Manju Sharma v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 34 Yrs On, Rajasthan HC Sets Aside Rape Conviction Citing Failure To Conduct Test Identification Parade, Asks State To Properly Instruct IOs Title: X v State of Rajasthan Citation: 2025 LiveLaw 45 The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand at the Rajasthan High Court directed Director General of Police, Jaipur …

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1 week, 2 days ago

BJP accuses Congress of doing ‘contract jihad’ in Karnataka

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused the Congress of doing “contract jihad” in Karnataka, stating that a Bill extending 4% reservation to the Muslim community in government contracts was passed in the State Assembly. He said on August 24, 2024, 12 Muslim MLAs of the Congress party in Karnataka had sought reservation for the community in government contracts, and …

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1 week, 2 days ago

‘Political Appeasement’: Union Minister Urges Karnataka Governor To Withhold Consent To 4% Muslim Quota Bill

ABP News

Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Friday urged Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to withhold consent to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Bill, 2025, which grants a 4% reservation to Muslims in public contracts. The… pic.twitter.com/BRzfaSY3Hy — Shobha Karandlaje March 21, 2025 Accusing the Karnataka government of appeasement politics, Karandlaje argued that the amendment “undermines the secular fabric of our nation” …

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1 week, 4 days ago

EWS Members Face Economic Hardship, Different From Caste Discrimination: Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Age Relaxation Plea For EWS In UPSC Exam

Live Law

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a plea filed by certain EWS category candidates praying for grant of age relaxation to the category in the UPSC Civil Services Examination. Therefore, no grounds are made out to interfere in the impugned executive instructions of the Central Government or the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, whereby no age relaxation to members …

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1 week, 5 days ago

‘Neja mela’ controversy: BJP plans to regain hold over OBC, Dalits

Hindustan Times

The controversy over ‘Neja mela’ in Sambhal district has turned the focus on Syed Salar Masud Ghazi, the nephew of foreign invader Mahmud Ghaznavi, and medieval period warrior Maharaja Suheldev. In the successive Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024 as well as assembly elections of 2017 and 2022, the BJP has played the victory of Maharaja Suheldev over …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Congress High Command Praises Revanth Reddy on OBC Bill

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday praised Chief Minister Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana for the revolutionary step it had taken in fulfilling its promise and showing the way for increasing reservations for the Backward Classes communities. “This is indeed a revolutionary step towards social justice through which the wall of 50 per …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

The Hindu

Bill tabled to provide 4% quota for Muslims in public contracts in Karnataka The Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Bill 2025 was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on March 18 to introduce 4% reservation for Muslims in public contracts, including civil works valued up to ₹2 crore, and goods and services contracts up to ₹1 crore. At present, Karnataka provides …

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Karnataka tables contentious Muslim quota bill; BJP vows to challenge legally

Hindustan Times

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Legislative Assembly proposing a 4% reservation for Muslims in public contracts, a move that has sparked opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has termed it unconstitutional and vowed to challenge it legally. The Bill seeks to amend the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 1999, aligning with the …

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1 week, 6 days ago

West Bengal informs Supreme Court of fresh exercise to identify Backward Classes

The Hindu

The West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the State’s Backward Classes Commission is embarking on a fresh exercise to identify Socially and Educationally Backward Communities who warrant inclusion in the State’s Other Backward Classes List. The State had appealed the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court judgment striking down its policy to include several castes, …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Scholarship amounts under Social Justice Ministry not enough to meet costs: House panel

The Hindu

The amount of annual scholarship offered to Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Classes, Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic, Economically Weaker Section students under the gamut of educational schemes of the Social Justice Ministry are not enough to meet present day costs of getting “proper and quality education”, a departmental House panel on Social Justice has said in a report tabled in Parliament …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Chandigarh: Panjab University awaits Centre’s nod for OBC reservation in recruitments

Hindustan Times

It has been almost a year since Panjab University sent a proposal for 27% reservation for the other backward class in faculty recruitments, but the Centre is yet to take action in this direction. Panjab University V-C Renu Vig said the proposal has been pending with the Union ministry of education. Officials say the 27% OBC reservation was implemented nationwide …

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Telangana assembly passes bills to increase OBC reservation to 42%

Hindustan Times

The Telangana assembly on Monday passed two bills to hike the reservation for other backward classes in education, employment and local bodies to 42%, fulfilling a major campaign promise based on the recently concluded caste survey but also triggering controversy over the breached 50% cap on caste-based reservations. The assembly also passed the Telangana Scheduled Castes Bill, 2025, seeking to …

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Telangana CM reveals OBC population data, promises 42% quota in jobs, education

Hindustan Times

Revealing the outcome of the caste census, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Monday said the population of backward classes in the state is 56.36 per cent. Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy "Today, as the Leader of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, as Chief Minister I solemnly declare that based on the most scientific, methodically rigorous, and excruciating efforts of …

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2 weeks ago

BJP appoints 70 district chiefs in Uttar Pradesh; OBCs, Brahmins dominate

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party, in a major organizational reshuffling in Uttar Pradesh, announced 70 district party presidents. In Mathura, Nirbhay Pandey is declared as BJP chief, while in Bahraich, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur and Kasganj, Brajesh Pandey, Sushil Tripathi, Janarandan Tiwari and Neeraj Sharma are made district presidents, respectively. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other top state leaders congratulated the …

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2 weeks ago

Stage set for U.P. BJP chief’s election, several names doing the rounds

Hindustan Times

The long-awaited announcement of new BJP district presidents in Uttar Pradesh has set the stage for the overdue election of the party’s state president, intensifying the race for the top organisational post in the state with several names already in circulation. The delay in finalisation of the district presidents’ names was stalling the state president’s election that the party had …

Uttar Pradesh Election Rajya Sabha Party Names Union State

2 weeks ago

25 OBCs, six Dalits, five women on U.P. BJP’s list of 70 dist presidents

Hindustan Times

With the Samajwadi Party focusing on the PDA formula, the BJP has come up with its own caste matrix as it declared the list of 70 district presidents comprising 25 Other Backward Classes, six Scheduled Castes and five women on Sunday, less than two years before the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls are due. Now, after the announcement of district …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Can the 2025 draft regulation ensure equity? Addressing discrimination in higher education

The Hindu

The University Grants Commission’s Draft Regulations, 2025 purport to curb discrimination based on religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth and to promote equity within Higher Education Institutions. Holistic dimension of equity The draft regulation assumes that “equity means a level playing field for all stakeholders with respect to entitlement and opportunity for the enjoyment of all legitimate rights.” …

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BSP's Internal Crisis Looms Large over the Future of Dalit Politics in UP

The Quint

By the "Dalit political question," I am referring to the figure of Dr Ambedkar, the Constitution, and reservation—topics that Ambedkarite parties have nurtured through rhetoric, iconography, symbolism, and mobilisations over the past several decades. As a result, the narrative of a threat to the Constitution and reservation appears to have influenced a portion of Dalit and OBC voters, swaying them …

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Will BJP pick a Dalit as its U.P. chief or rely on OBC, upper caste face again?

2 More Congress MLAs Suspended As Odisha Assembly Adjourned 4 Times Amid Ruckus

‘Justice Rohini panel report on OBC quota yet to be submitted’

Gongs, Cymbals Used In Odisha Assembly To Disrupt Proceedings During Women’s Safety Protest

How poll politics is inherent in Telangana, Bengal caste counts

In Bihar poll year, how Tejashwi Yadav is rewriting his playbook

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025

BJP accuses Congress of doing ‘contract jihad’ in Karnataka

‘Political Appeasement’: Union Minister Urges Karnataka Governor To Withhold Consent To 4% Muslim Quota Bill

EWS Members Face Economic Hardship, Different From Caste Discrimination: Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Age Relaxation Plea For EWS In UPSC Exam

‘Neja mela’ controversy: BJP plans to regain hold over OBC, Dalits

Congress High Command Praises Revanth Reddy on OBC Bill

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka tables contentious Muslim quota bill; BJP vows to challenge legally

West Bengal informs Supreme Court of fresh exercise to identify Backward Classes

Scholarship amounts under Social Justice Ministry not enough to meet costs: House panel

Chandigarh: Panjab University awaits Centre’s nod for OBC reservation in recruitments

Telangana assembly passes bills to increase OBC reservation to 42%

Telangana CM reveals OBC population data, promises 42% quota in jobs, education

BJP appoints 70 district chiefs in Uttar Pradesh; OBCs, Brahmins dominate

Stage set for U.P. BJP chief’s election, several names doing the rounds

25 OBCs, six Dalits, five women on U.P. BJP’s list of 70 dist presidents

Can the 2025 draft regulation ensure equity? Addressing discrimination in higher education

BSP's Internal Crisis Looms Large over the Future of Dalit Politics in UP