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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicUpper caste

Topic: upper caste

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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.

Five reasons why the BJP’s upper-caste quota gambit could backfire

The Narendra Modi government Monday cleared 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections among upper castes.

Data shows Modi-led BJP can’t bend too much to please upper caste vote base

BJP’s famed booth management will be hit if upper caste anger isn’t addressed

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.