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Nitish approves new list of JD(U) office bearers; Nishant conspicuous by his absenceNitish Kumar, JD(U) chief, approved new national office bearers. The list includes a vice president and 11 general secretaries. Kumar's son...
Tejashwi Yadav, Rahul Gandhi pitch to EBC, SC voters in BiharThe INDIA bloc targets Extremely Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes in Bihar. These groups comprise over half the state's voters. The bl...
Rahul Gandhi promises law for EBCs in Bihar on lines of SC/ST Atrocity ActRahul Gandhi criticized the Nitish Kumar government for allegedly neglecting extremely backward classes (EBCs) and using them as a vote ban...
Will take up demand for removal of 50 pc cap on quota during Monsoon session: CongressThe Congress party is pushing for the Bihar reservations law to be included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, aiming to bypass the...
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar proposes 65 per cent quota, finds support from ex-ally BJP"The 50% reservation should be increased to at least 65%. The upper caste already has 10% reservation under EWS. Effectively, with a 65% re...
EBC debate renews in Bihar after Patna HC verdictThe BJP has been on the offensive, accusing chief minister Nitish Kumar of failing to implement the quota as per the ‘triple test’ principl...
We will raise the demand for EBCs reservation in UP based on the Karpoori formula: JD(U)Through the programme, the JD (U) is planning to make an entry into UP politics a year before the assembly election and target more than 40...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Nitish Kumar demands quota for EBCs at national levelIn Bihar, the EBCs get 18% and BC 12% reservation. "We demand that similar provision should be made at all India level," said the chief min...
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...
BJP has a new formula to woo dalits in BiharAs Bihar prepares for the remaining three phases of polling crucial for the BJP, the saffron party has devised a formula to reach out to da...
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.
- JD(U) introduces reservation in its organisational polls in Bihar
Nitish Kumar this time made sure to introduce reservation in the organisation polls of the JD(U), a move which many believe will help conso...
- Rajasthan high court stays Gurjar quota
Rajasthan HC has stayed 5% reservation to Gurjars & EBCs.
- Rajasthan HC stays Gurjar quota
The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the state govt's decision to provide 5% reservation to Gurjars and three other communities, besides 14%...