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Adding more fuel to the polarisation fireThe Karnataka assembly recently passed a bill introducing a controversial 4% reservation for Muslims in public contracts, sparking a signif...
Karnataka's murky Muslim quota row: Here's what you need to knowThe controversy over Muslim reservation in Karnataka has sparked a heated debate, with PM Narendra Modi accusing Congress of manipulating r...
Caste survey must, Centre should conduct it with census: Former FM Chidambaram"I think if reservation is there, a caste count is necessary. According to me, it should be done along with the national census. But these ...
Many BJP members feel changes to quota policy led to their defeatThe candidates freely aired their opinion at the introspection meeting organised by the BJP in Bengaluru with BJP national general secretar...
Congress promises 75% quota if voted to power in KarnatakaKarnataka has a 2002 reservation policy according to which OBC and SC/ST communities have quotas in government/PSU jobs and in education. T...
Congress seeks to turn Lingayat, Vokkaliga against BJP, claiming reversal in quota policyAICC general secretary RS Surjewala and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar attacked the ruling party, at a...
Congress slams BJP for putting quota policy on holdThe current reservation system proposed by the government goes up to 56%, which is not valid, said Surjewala. It has already been challenge...
Karnataka elections 2023: Polls, result dates, key issues. Here is everything you should knowKarnataka Election 2023 Date: The state has not given any party a successive mandate. In the last four decades, only Ramakrishna Hegde-led ...
CM Basavaraj Bommai dares Shivakumar to tell Lingayats, Vokkaligas where Congress stood on quota issueLingayats, Vokkaligas not beggars to accept from Muslim quota, retorts Shivakumar. The KPCC president on Monday reiterated that his party w...
Will restore 4 pc quota for Muslims scrapped by BJP government, says Karnataka Congress chiefWhile addressing the media, DK Shivakumar said, "I am confident that Congress will come to power after the next 45 days. We will scrap all ...
Congress slams BJP’s quota policy in poll-bound Karnataka, says it only stoked hostilities among communitiesAICC general secretary RS Surjewala, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar and Opposition leader Siddaramaiah...
Amit Shah defends exclusion of Muslims from OBC quota in poll-bound KarnatakaThe BJP-led Karnataka government’s decision to remove Muslims from the other backward classes (OBC) list and move them to the economically ...
Will restore scrapped 4 per cent quota for Muslims in Karnataka when we come to power, says CongressExuding confidence that the Congress party will come to power in the "next 45 days", he said: "we will scrap all this" and added that there...
Karnataka moves Muslims from OBC to EWS quota list, hands 2% hike to Lingayats & Vokkaligas ahead of crucial assembly pollsMuslims earlier came under the 2B classification. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the media that the Muslims would move into the EWS q...
Opposition's 'personal attacks' on PM Narendra Modi exposed by SC verdicts: BJP political resolutionLaw Minister Kiren Rijiju proposed the resolution at the key meeting, a pointer to his rising profile in the party as he spearheads the gov...
Karnataka BJP’s decision to rejig EWS quotas may pose trouble to its own candidatesBrahmin, Vyshya, Jain and Mudaliar are among the communities that are outside the reservation meant for socially backward communities, and ...
Karnataka Cabinet decides to abolish 3A, 3B category of OBC to replace with 2C and 2DThe decision comes amid demand by the two dominant communities of the poll-bound Karnataka - the Panchamasalis of the Lingayat sect and Vok...
Jharkhand assembly passes bill to raise reservations to 77%In the proposed reservation, local people of the SC community will get a quota of 12 per cent, STs will get 28 per cent, Extremely Backward...
Karnataka decides to hike SC/ST quota a day after Rahul’s demand & nudged by BJPChief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made an announcement to this effect after chairing an all-party meeting that was attended by Congress and J...
Centre moves Supreme Court to review verdict in Maratha quota caseIn its May 5 judgement, a Supreme Court bench had ruled (3:2) that only the President is empowered to identify socio-economic backward cast...