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Karnataka: Governor sends Muslim quota bill to President days after PM’s commentsKarnataka's bill, proposing 4% reservation for Muslims in government contracts, faces scrutiny as Governor Gehlot forwards it to the Presid...
Karnataka: Assembly passes Bill to create 4% Muslim quota in civil contracts amid BJP protestsThe Karnataka assembly has passed a bill allowing a 4% reservation for Muslims in government contracts, following pressure from the communi...
Civil contracts: Karnataka’s move to create 4% Muslim quota leaves BJP fumingThe Karnataka Congress plans to introduce a bill creating a 4% quota for Muslims in government contracts, amidst pressure from party Muslim...
Why Lalu Prasad Yadav is both right and wrong about Muslim reservationLalu Prasad has intensified the Muslim reservation debate that was triggered by PM Modi’s allegation that Congress aims to slice up the OBC...
SC to examine constitutional validity of 10 per cent quota for EWSThe Centre, through the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, introduced the provision for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservati...
ATR on Maratha quota recommendations to be tabled in House: Devendra FadnavisThe government is committed to providing quota to the Maratha community in jobs and education, he asserted while speaking in the Assembly.
Will move heaven and earth to implement Muslim quota: K Chandrasekhar RaoThe state government proposes inclusion of the quotas for Muslims and STs in the 9th Schedule in view of the present cap on reservations.
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's Muslim quota push draws BJP ireThe Chief Minister had also said his government decided to implement this reservation for Muslims based on their social, economic and educa...
Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about?The issue of categorising Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians among SCs is separate from that of earmarking 5% quota of OBCs for other relig...
- Andhra Pradesh High Court rejects Centre's 4.5% minority sub-quota
The AP high court has struck down the 4.5% central sub-quota for minorities within the OBC quota, holding that reservations can't be solely...
UP polls: Beni Prasad Verma trains guns on his former party chief MulayamUnion minister Beni Prasad Verma justified the sub-quota within quota for Muslims saying their condition was even worse than backwards.
- BJP, Left differ on minority reservation
The Opposition on Friday hit out at the minority quota decision of the Centre, but for diametrically opposite reasons.
- Lokpal Bill: Minority quota is dangerous and can lead to civil war, says BJP
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) are notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the Act.
- Include backward Muslims
Backward sections of Muslims deserve to have the benefit of reservations.
Dalit status for Christians, Muslims a sensitive issueDalits may fear that further quota-inclusion will shrink their slice of the cake.
SC order a boost for Bengal's quotaThe SC order could muffle criticism of West Bengal govt's 10% Muslim-quota decision.
SC gives half-nod to quota for 'backward' MuslimsThe Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court will study legality of the law in August.