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Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Topic: upper caste

In headlines and in politics: How Modi govt brought the upper castes up

Fatima Khan -
The merit-loving upper caste have been given a salve by the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

For its ‘general category’ quota push in Parliament, BJP fields its upper-caste warriors

Ruhi Tewari -
The BJP chose mostly upper-caste leaders to speak in both Houses, while relying on its allies in govt to represent the backward communities.

Junior social justice minister didn’t know of 10% quota bill even on day it came to Lok Sabha

Sanya Dhingra -
LS website contains details of an unstarred question in which MoS Krishan Pal Gurjar has stated that govt was not considering any such quota proposal.

Modi govt’s reservation bill is as bad as demonetisation & DMK has the guts to expose it

Manuraj Shunmugasundaram -
Reservation bill exposes Narendra Modi government’s policy and political failures.

Lok Sabha passes 10% quota for upper castes, opposition supports it despite reservations

Ruhi Tewari -
The bill, being viewed as an attempt by the BJP to placate its angry upper-caste voters ahead of the polls, was passed with a 323-3 margin.

Why Modi govt wants quota for upper castes — their state is as pathetic as OBCs

D.K. Singh -
Cabinet note cites 2010 report which found very little difference in economic conditions of upper castes and OBCs at the lower levels.

Modi’s job quota promise for upper castes shows he means Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas

Guru Prakash Paswan -
The sudden announcement by the ruling BJP government has left the opposition clueless.

Modi govt’s 10 per cent quota for upper caste poor doesn’t stand the test of Constitution

Anurag Bhaskar -
Historical exclusion from services and social backwardness led to the introduction of reservations under our constitutional scheme.

Modi govt’s job quota for ‘weaker’ upper castes: Desperate poll sop or meeting aspirations?

ThePrint Team -
With 2019 Lok Sabha elections nearing, the Union cabinet has approved 10 per cent reservation for ‘economically backward’ upper castes in government jobs. A Bill to...

Why Modi government’s quota move may not yield the results it wants

Sanya Dhingra -
Seen as an attempt to consolidate upper caste votes, experts call the reservation move an over-ambitious project to embark on just before the elections.
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Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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