Will hike quota for SC, ST, OBCs: Rahul

Will hike quota for SC, ST, OBCs: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday addressed two public rallies in Jharkhand’s Mahagama and Bermo where he raised the issue of reservation and tribal rights. Gandhi attacked the NDA government and PM Modi over reservation in Jharkhand. “In Jharkhand, BJP had reduced the reservation for backward classes from 27% to 14%. On one hand, Narendra … Read more

‘BJP won’t allow OBC quota to Muslims in Haryana…’: Amit Shah – The Economic Times Video

‘BJP won’t allow OBC quota to Muslims in Haryana…’: Amit Shah – The Economic Times Video

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Congress of being anti-backward classes and said if the party comes to power in Haryana, it will snatch reservation for them and give it to Muslims. Addressing a ‘Backward Classes Samman Sammelan’ here, Shah referred to the Kaka Kalelkar Commission formed in the 1950s to provide … Read more

Lalu Worked Neither for Welfare of Backward Classes Nor Yadavs: Amit Shah in Bihar

Lalu Worked Neither for Welfare of Backward Classes Nor Yadavs: Amit Shah in Bihar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI file photo) Shah also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for respecting people from backward classes and predicted a landslide victory for the NDA in Bihar Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a blistering attack on Lalu Prasad, alleging that the RJD chief worked neither for the welfare … Read more

CM Ekanth Shinde urges Manoj Jarange not to march to Mumbai

CM Ekanth Shinde urges Manoj Jarange not to march to Mumbai

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday appealed to quota activist Manoj Jarange not to head to Mumbai, stressing that the state commission for backward classes is on the job. Jarange, who set off from his village Antarwali Sarati in Jalna district on Saturday, has declared that he would come to Mumbai with lakhs of … Read more

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Jai Ho BC’ campaign to empower Backward Classes

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Jai Ho BC’ campaign to empower Backward Classes

Launching the ‘Jai Ho BC’campaign at the party’s central office on Thursday, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that he is committed to taking steps needed for the financial and political empowerment of the Backward Classes (BCs) after his party comes to power in the upcoming general elections, while predicting … Read more