Rahul Gandhi's Kolar speech wasn't a momentary reflex. Congress is looking to recover lost ground and be the favourite party of poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims again.
At three rallies in poll-bound Karnataka this week, the Congress leader brought up caste census, which was also discussed at party's Udaipur 'Nav Sankalp Shivir' & Raipur plenary.
Petition submitted in Patna High Court says allocating a code to transgender people alongside caste categories is a violation of their fundamental rights under Constitution.
The party president was addressing the subject committee, which had convened to discuss six resolutions that will be tabled to the plenary over the next two days.
Responding to SP MLA on whether Uttar Pradesh will conduct Bihar-like caste census, the state agriculture minister said his government doesn't want to put state 'in reverse gear'.
Nityanand Rai said the govt 'has no plans' to bring census into the concurrent list or allow state govt to conduct it. These are the problems we're staring at.
Caste census is a political hot potato that is likely to upset social and political arithmetic. And it is something no party can afford to be seen openly opposing.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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