Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is planning to celebrate the 300th birth anniversary of Maratha Malwa ruler Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar. She belonged to the Dhangar community, which is classified as Other Backward Class in Maharashtra. Considering that BJP-led NDA’s performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra was very poor, RSS plan assumes significance as the … Read more
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said the Mahayuti government in the state is positive towards finding a consensus solution to the reservation-related demands of the Marathas and OBCs. After meeting a government delegation on Saturday, activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare ended their hunger strike over the demand that the Other Backward Classes (OBC) … Read more
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Sunday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reading from his 2019 script for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and also accused him of misleading people over quotas for Muslims. The BJP has been saying the Congress wanted to snatch quotas of SCs, STs and OBCs and give them to Muslims … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once again advocated for a caste survey and an economic review to ascertain who possesses how much wealth and asserted that this will be the first task of the INDIA bloc if it is voted to power.Addressing students at “Nyay Manch – Ab India Bolega” in the national capital, Gandhi said … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge that Congress would make use of the quota for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to hand over reservation to Muslims, and asserted that for the Congress every Indian is its vote bank. In a letter to PM … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said the financial aid under the state government’s ‘Kanyadan Yojana’ will be increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000. The scheme aims to empower women by providing them financial help for marriage. A government resolution in this regard will be issued soon, the CM said at a gathering in … Read more
Caste groups, split between pro and anti-caste census, are preparing for a major show of strength this month as the issue has divided the Cabinet and threatens to snowball into a political crisis for the ruling Congress in Karnataka. The Veerashaiva Mahasabha, led by veteran Congress lawmaker Shamnur Shivashankarappa, has resisted the caste census report, … Read more
