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Cong rediscovers Kesri amid Bihar election pitch for OBC vote pieIn a poignant ceremony, Congress leaders commemorated the 25th death anniversary of Sitaram Kesri, underscoring the enduring legacy of the ...- Bihar bypoll: BJP, JD(U) slug it out in KurhaniAltogether 13 candidates are in the fray, and their fates will be decided by 3,11,728 voters though the contest is being seen, primarily, b...
- Most backward castes emerge a game changer in Bihar, UPTheir importance can be understood from the fact that the BJP has made Renu Devi, an MBC from the Nonia caste, a deputy chief minister.
- If everyone gets reservation, then no one gets reservationBetween 1990-91 and 2011-12, India’s public sector jobs actually decreased by 7% (from 19.06 million to 17.61 million) though our populatio...
- Congress' caste politics won't work in Gujarat: BJPIn the last one week, Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi has reached out to caste leaders and efforts are on to build an anti- BJP front.
- BJP targets biggest voter pie, hopes for three-region sweep in Uttar PradeshET spoke to over a dozen BJP leaders on the ground to piece together BJP’s region-wise game plan in UP.
- SC/ ST pinch-hitters in BJP's forward defence in West BengalA case in point is Khanakul in Hooghly where the BJP nominee is Bikash Chandra Dolui. He takes on TMC MLA Iqbal Ahmed.
- Indifferent to facts, but Hardik Patel knows how to play reservation-victim role like no otherIn Gujarat, among his own “27 crore Patedars”, as he likes to say Hardik could easily swing between conflicting positions.
- BJP ally Upendra Kushwaha says no tussle in NDA over seat sharingSeat sharing will not be a contentious issue for NDA partners in Bihar polls, BJP ally RLSP said today as it backed the alliance's decision...
- Jat reservation: Irrational extension of patronage politicsThis defines what India’s politics continues to mostly be: a process, or rather a playing off, of competitive identity management.
- UP Assembly Election 2012: Muslim Quota - Will Congress bite SP bait?Mulayam Singh Yadav has launched an aggressive campaign to woo the Muslims, who constitute some 18% of the vote-base.
- UP elections 2012: BJP's Bundelkhand hopes rest on Uma BharatiBundelkhand has remained a BSP stronghold ever since its late founder Kanshi Ram traversed the region on bicycles to reach out to the voter...
- UP elections: Mayawati on sticky wicket as SP stands to gain in PoorvanchalMayawati's headstart over others, thanks to her vote base of 22% dalits, has ensured that she is still in the fight.
- Congress vision document glosses over Muslim quotaWould Congress manifesto for UP elections mention 9% quota for Muslims after vision document steered clear of the figure?
- UP elections: Congress to promise MBC sub-quota within 27% reservation for OBCs'The move will help thwart BJP's attempts to polarise castes, such as Kushwahas, Nishads, Koeris, Nonias, Rajbhars and Lodhs, in its favour.
- Congress promises 9% UP job quota for muslimsCongress has flashed yet another ace by wooing the community with the promise of 9% reservation, also within the existing 27% OBC quota.
- BJP forum opposes quota for Dalit convertsAs the fight over a piece of the reservation pie intensifies, the BJP-supported Anusuchit Jati Arakshan Adhikar Bachao Manch has demanded t...
- Alliance with SP may help Cong bag seats in UPThe nuclear deal crisis at the Centre is set to hasten an alliance between the Congress and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh
- Maya backs ST status for GurjarsBSP chief Mayawati has backed the Gurjar community’s demand for its inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list in Rajasthan. The move appar...
- Most of them are proud to move backwardAmong other things, India is also unique for being a country where downward mobility is desirable, even fought for.
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