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Topic: OBCs

Congress leader Ajay Singh Yadav retracts resignation, flags OBC under-representation in party

Yadav criticizes Haryana Congress and AICC over lack of OBC leadership, highlights 70-year family ties with party amid talks of BJP offer.

Rohini Commission’s JK Bajaj bats for ‘systematic’ caste census. ‘May end up with messy data otherwise’

Comprehensive lists of caste names should be drawn up to avoid what happened with SECC 2011, a question on benefits of reservation could be included in questionnaire, Bajaj suggests.

Why Samajwadi Party is swinging focus from Muslims & Yadavs to Dalit & OBC vote in UP

The SP has announced 28 OBC and 14 Dalit candidates in UP, while giving tickets to only 4 Muslims. Political experts say it’s a tactic to broaden its base and counter BJP’s ‘polarisation’.

OBCs say Maratha protests for quotas are a betrayal. ‘They want what was ours’

The Maratha quota protests have fractured old ties in epicentre Jalna. OBC and Maratha neighbours no longer chit-chat, children have been told to stop playing with each other.

‘Don’t want to hide my caste,’ says Sharad Pawar after ‘fake’ caste certificate goes viral

Pawar's statement comes days after a purported certificate showing him as belonging to OBC category went viral on social media. NCP MP’s daughter Supriya Sule called it ‘fake.’

Maharashtra’s ruling allies spar over Kunbi caste certificates for Marathas as OBCs plan protest

NCP minister Bhujbal speaks against ‘backdoor entry’ for Marathas in OBC quota, drawing flak from Sena minister Desai. Community leader says OBCs planning stir post-Diwali.

Congress is doing OBC politics half-heartedly. But I want it to win

Congress is the new pro-OBC Lohiaite Socialist Party, at least in terms of the rhetoric and utterances of its top leaders. The party’s OBC-centric...

2 reasons why SC, ST, OBC do not reach the top in civil services—UPA to Modi govt

Two solutions come to mind: Govt must fix the tenure and duration for officers and make empanelment for top positions non-discretionary, matrix-based, and transparent.

BJP has more OBC CMs than Congress. It yields political gains for the party

BJP’s decision to not appoint Muslim chief ministers can be a calculated move to make space for Hindu OBC leaders.

Rahul Gandhi can drive Mandal 3, reverse social justice politics that BJP pushed to dead-end

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.

On Camera

Stray dogs to SIR voter lists, solution lies in tradeoffs

American thinker Thomas Sowell got it right, and it is time India's politicians and social activists realised that “solutions” lie in the spaces between two extremes.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Army ramps up two-front readiness, 5 Bhairav Commando units ready for frontline deployment

Three battalions are being deployed along northern frontier with China and Pakistan, one in the northeast and another on western front, ThePrint has learnt.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.