backward classes
- Hyderabad
BJP plays caste card in Telangana by promising state an OBC CM
Hyderabad: The BJP is playing the BC card in Telangana with the saffron party’s promise that if voted to power in the state, it will make a leader from backward classes the…
- Top Stories
Telangana polls: BJP’s CM will be from BCs, promises Amit Shah
Hyderabad: Union home minister Amit Shah announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will nominate a candidate from the Backward Classes (BC) as its chief minister, if the party wins the upcoming…
- Telangana
BJP to field 35-40 BC candidates for Telangana polls: MP K Laxman
Hyderabad: BJP MP and member of the party’s central election committee K Laxman said on Saturday that his party will field between 35 and 40 BC candidates in the upcoming Telangana elections…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra govt to begin BC caste census around Nov 15
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government will begin the Backward Classes caste census around November 15, aimed at better serving the 139 communities that fall under this category, Minister C Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna…
- Telangana
Telangana: BC leaders in Congress meet to discuss seat allocation
Hyderabad: Congress leaders in Telangana belonging to the backward classes on Sunday said BC candidates should be given at least 34 seats out of the total 119. Former Congress MP Madhu Yashki…
- India
If voted to power, Congress will set up separate ministry for backward classes
Mumbai: The Congress will set up a separate ministry at the Centre to tackle the problems of the backward classes, SC/ST and others when it comes to power, AICC General Secretary Mukul…
- Opinions
Exclusion of Muslims in Telangana govt schemes raise concerns
Hyderabad: Concerns have emerged regarding an alleged organized conspiracy to deprive Muslims of government schemes in Telangana. Questions have been raised about whether the state government is following the path of the…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP announces ‘BC Declaration’ for welfare of backward classes
Hyderabad: The BJP in Telangana on Thursday announced a ‘BC Declaration’ listing out promises to be implemented for the welfare of backward classes if the party comes to power in the Assembly…
- Bangalore
‘Are Dalits, backward classes beggars’, Bommai tears into Congress
Kalaburagi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday asked state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar does he think “Dalits and backward classes are beggars?” Reacting to Shivakumar’s statement that Lingayats and Vokkaligas are…
- India
Rahul Gandhi penalised for insulting backward classes: Sushil Modi
Patna: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is penalised as he insulted the people from backward classes and the BJP has nothing to do with…
- Andhra Pradesh
Backward classes given high priority in MLC election: AP Tourism Min
Chittoor: Andhra Pradesh Tourism Minister Roja on Wednesday alleged that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP leaders were misusing the police. She also claimed that her party…
- Telangana
TSBC chairperson writes to PM Modi expressing grief over BC welfare
Hyderabad: The chairman of Telangana Backward Classes Commission (TSBC) Dr Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his disappointment and concerns regarding the BC community over…
- India
BJP against ‘caste census’, does not want to give rights to backward classes: SP
Lucknow: The BJP is against a “caste census” because it does not want to give backward classes and Dalits their rights, the Samajwadi Party claimed on Wednesday, asserting that correct data is…
- India
Working for deprived, backward sections our priority: PM Modi
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the welfare of the deprived and backward sections is the Central government’s priority. Also ReadBudget 2023-24 has very little to offer for marginalised, say…
- Andhra Pradesh
BCs are ‘backbone classes’, AP govt has empowered them: CM Jagan
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said his government delivered welfare measures worth Rs 86,000 crore to people belonging to the backward classes (BCs) in the…
