View: Reservation for economically weaker can’t stand up in courtAfter the SC refused to recognise exclusive economic criterion, many high courts reiterated this view. Haryana’s 10% reservation for EBCs w...
09 Jan, 2019, 07.56 AM IST
Quota politics back in focus in BiharHis sudden focus on quota politics also indicates his own preparation for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Though he is part of NDA, he has used h...
09 Nov, 2017, 11.41 AM IST
Party may take final call tomorrow on Patel quota: Gujarat Congress leaderThis was stated by former Gujarat Congress president Siddharth Patel, who along with Gujarat High Court lawyer Babubhai Mangukiya, met seni...
05 Nov, 2017, 10.46 PM IST
BJP questions Congress's quota promise to PatidarsRathwa, Leader of Opposition, made the statement at a rally before party vice president Rahul Gandhi's arrival at the tribal-dominated Nana...
03 Nov, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
Gujarat Congress plans ‘parikrama’ of 7 districts to draft ‘people’s manifesto’The post-demonetisation/GST issues faced by traders, farm distress, unemployment and homelessness will be major areas of Congress’ interact...
03 Nov, 2017, 01.37 AM IST
It is Hardik Patel who needs to clear his stand on quota: Vijay RupaniThe chief minister claimed that the Congress had already made it clear that they would give reservation to the Patidars under the economica...
01 Nov, 2017, 05.04 PM IST
It is Hardik Patel who needs to clear his stand on quota: Vijay RupaniThe chief minister claimed that the Congress had already made it clear that they would give reservation to the Patidars under the economica...
29 Oct, 2017, 08.53 PM IST
Gujarat government to challenge HC order, Hardik Patel welcomes verdictThe Gujarat High Court today quashed state government's ordinance notifying 10 per cent quota for economically backward class among the unr...
04 Aug, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Quota issue to dominate Gujarat Assembly polls next yearThe BJP had hoped that the quota issues will be settled with its announcement of 10 per cent reservation for economically backward among up...
16 May, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
Patel community should decide on EBC quota: Hardik PatelHardik, lodged in Lajpore jail in Surat, wrote a letter to Nikhil Savani, Convenor of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) of that city.
02 May, 2016, 04.36 PM IST
Hardik Patel's PAAS rejects Gujarat govt's EBC quota schemeAccording to PAAS spokesperson Brijesh Patel, their original demand was to include Patels in the OBC for reservation or provide a separate ...
29 Apr, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
In the end, the vote banks served Nitish Kumar's interestObservers say , irrespective of the winner, the `backwards among the backwards' would be among the key target groups in future political ba...
09 Nov, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Sedition FIR against Hardik Patel to crush quota stir: CongressWith the elections to the local bodies announced, Congress said the government should have provided reservation to the backward sections.
24 Oct, 2015, 09.41 PM IST
Rajasthan government notifies quota for Gujjars, SBCsCriticising the move, Congress leader Sachin Pilot had said it was a "tragedy" despite knowing very well that there is no quota provision i...
17 Oct, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
Congress demands additional 15-20% quota for EBC beyond 50% capCongress demanded an additional 15 to 20% reservation for EBC among the upper caste, over and above the SC cap of 50% to SC, ST and OBC.
01 Oct, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
Gujjars end agitation as goverment agrees to bring separate bills for SBC, EBC quotaAs per the eight-point latest agreement reached between the two sides, the government would now bring two bills separating the 5% quota for...
29 May, 2015, 11.36 AM IST
BJP plays on Narendra Modi’s caste to woo Nitish Kumar’s EBCsThe BJP leadership in the state is now projecting its prime minister candidate Narendra Modi as an EBC person to win over this sizeable pop...
30 Nov, 2013, 12.30 PM IST