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Government should take up caste census immediately, says BSP State coordinator
3 months ago

Government should take up caste census immediately, says BSP State coordinator

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party State coordinator and former DGP of Andhra Pradesh J. Purnachandra Rao on Saturday asked the State government to take up caste census immediately as around 200 castes of backward classes and Scheduled Castes could not get representation in legislature in the seven decades. Along with BSP State president B. Paramjyothy, he released a book ‘Kula Andhra Pradesh’, …

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Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government quickly scrapped a proposal to induct mid-level officials into the bureaucracy through lateral entry to counter the Opposition’s allegations of “ending reservations.” However, it is clear that Congress would continue to place social justice as the centrepiece of its politics. On Saturday, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, positioned caste census as an …

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Parties term Supreme Court verdict on allowing states to sub-classify SCs as 'historic'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Parties term Supreme Court verdict on allowing states to sub-classify SCs as 'historic'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Political parties on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict allowing the states to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes for granting quota to uplift socially and economically more backward castes inside the group, and termed it "historic". Parties term Supreme Court verdict on allowing states to sub-classify SCs as 'historic' A seven-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice …

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Naidu’s return to national politics with big win puts SCS demand back in the limelight
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Naidu’s return to national politics with big win puts SCS demand back in the limelight

The Hindu  

The much-debated and long-pending Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh is back in the limelight with the return of Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu to national politics post thumping victory in the just-concluded elections. The unprecedented majority for the alliance of the Telugu Desam Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Jana Sena Party — 165 Assembly seats …

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Congress indulging in appeasement politics, alleges Annamalai
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress indulging in appeasement politics, alleges Annamalai

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Tamil Nadu BJP State president K Annamalai on Monday accused the Congress of indulging in appeasement politics. Interacting with a news agency while taking part in Lok Sabha election campaign in support of BJP MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar in Karimnagar, he alleged that the Congress was doing religious appeasement politics for longtime. “Everywhere in India including southern States like …

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Won't let quota for SCs, STs, OBCs be given to Muslims in name of religion: PM
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Won't let quota for SCs, STs, OBCs be given to Muslims in name of religion: PM

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi again criticised the Congress-led state governments, saying that he won't allow the reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and other deprived groups to be given to Muslims based on religion. Addressing a public rally in Telangana's Zaheerabad on Tuesday, PM Modi said, "They want to insult the Constitution for their vote bank. NDA has brought …

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Fear Versus Favour: Unpacking SC's Judgment on Corruption by Legislators
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fear Versus Favour: Unpacking SC's Judgment on Corruption by Legislators

The Quint  

Free speech privileges allow a representative to criticise policies, raise questions, draw attention to facts, and engage in debate without fear of being harassed in court for things that could otherwise have landed them in trouble with the law. Unprincipled governments will always be keen to silence outspoken critics and cast doubt on criticism voiced in the legislature. What is …

India’s ‘Freebie Politics’: Why SC’s ‘Expert Panel’ May Be of Little Help
2 years, 4 months ago

India’s ‘Freebie Politics’: Why SC’s ‘Expert Panel’ May Be of Little Help

The Quint  

The Supreme Court of India has decided to set up a committee with representation from the Niti Aayog, the Finance Commission, the Election Commission, the Reserve Bank of India and political parties to study the impact of ‘freebies’ on taxpayers and economy and recommend measures to regulate it. The court wanted an independent expert body to study the pressing issue, …

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Identity and public policy
3 years, 2 months ago

Identity and public policy

The Hindu  

Some political parties have demanded that caste be enumerated in the Census. One approach to assessing this argument would be to compare development outcomes in States where political parties have adopted caste-based mobilisation with those in States where political programmes for ending deprivation have taken the social democratic route, without resorting to identity politics. However, when it comes to the …

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Trump endorses SC’s Tim Scott in 2022 Senate reelection bid
3 years, 9 months ago

Trump endorses SC’s Tim Scott in 2022 Senate reelection bid

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s 2022 reelection bid Tuesday, continuing to make clear his intent to remain a dominant force in Republican Party politics. Leading up to the the normally mundane congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6, Scott was among the Senate Republicans who spoke out against …

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