No plan to hike OBC quota in civic polls: Govt

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on December 6, 2023
The government on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal to increase reservation for Other Backward Castes (OBCs) as per population in the local body elections. But the state government can take a call to increase the reservation. In response to a query during question hour, minister of state for panchayati raj,...

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Rajya Sabha

Upper house of the Parliament of India
At a press conference, BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi cited a statement by National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah where he warned the..
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It was not a minor coincidence that the day Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Rae Bareli on Feb 20 was also the day Sonia Gandhi was elected to Rajya..
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Kshatriya protests in Gujarat, particularly against Rajya Sabha member Parshottam Rupala, have not significantly impacted BJP's electoral strategies. These..
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Other Backward Class

Term for socially or educationally disadvantaged group of people in India
BJP seeks the people’s mandate to cancel “unconstitutional” reservations extended to Muslims by Congress and give back to backward classes what is..
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PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged a conspiracy of ‘vote jihad’ against him and said he wants over 400 seats so that Congress “cannot put a Babri lock on..
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Sunday that Muslims have realized that the Congress and INDIA bloc are manipulating them, and he emphasized that the..
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify his stance on removing the 50% reservation limit for scheduled castes..
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