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.
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’.
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.
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