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OBC VS MARATHAS
Fragmented alliances, parties to make Maharashtra Lok Sabha polls unlike any otherMaharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh (80). In the 2019 elections, the BJP excelled, securing 23 ou...
Assembly polls: Caste, corruption, region, religion, rebellion make mark in Karnataka battlefieldThe caste politics in Karnataka is like in the heartland states and every party tries to get the caste mathematics right. Lingayats and Vok...
Caste census: Congress caught between compulsions and instinctThe present Congress leadership is as clueless as the one caught between Mandal-Kamandal three decades ago even as several allies find it c...
Times Face-off: Is it time to lift the 50% ceiling on total reservation?While Article 16 (4) of the Constitution has provided reservation in public employment to backward classes, unfortunately the Constitution ...
Mystique of Bal Thackeray & problems his heirs will have to faceMumbai’s Marathi-speaking poor loved Bal Thackeray. And his xenophobia was unmistakably a part of his championing their cause. But his mess...