OBC
- India
Once OBCs, Dalits, tribals learn about their actual population, country will change: Rahul
Bemetara/ Balodabazar: Reiterating his party’s demand for a caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the day the Other Backward Classes, Dalits and tribals learn about their actual population, the “country…
- India
PM Modi targets Congress, says it didn’t implement quota for OBC community
Mahasamund: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of not implementing reservation for the OBC community despite the party ruling from “panchayat to Parliament” for so many years after Independence.…
- Telangana
Telangana turning out to be BJP’s OBC politics laboratory
New Delhi: To take on the opposition’s poll strategy of demanding OBC-based caste census and reservation for the community, the BJP’s strategy is to make Telangana its OBC politics laboratory which if…
- India
BJP insulting tribals by using ‘vanvasi’ word, will eliminate term: Rahul
Jagdalpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking why he identifies himself as an Other Backward Class (OBC) member when he considers poor as the…
- India
NCBC to hold hearing on demand of WB govt to include 87 castes in OBC list
New Delhi: The National Commission for Backward Classes will be holding a hearing on the proposal of the West Bengal government to include 87 castes in the OBC list. In a notice…
- India
Congress plays multiple strokes in 1st list, 27% are OBC candidates
Bhopal: The Congress on Sunday released the first list of its 144 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. The list included the name of state unit president Kamal Nath from…
- Featured News
Centre promises to take 40 castes and communities of Telangana on its OBC list
Hyderabad: The Centre has promised poll-bound Telangana State government to consider the inclusion of 40 castes/communities in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). There has been concerted demand from Telangana…
- India
Will implement women’s reservation bill, extend it to OBC too if voted to power: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in his opening remarks in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) said the party will implement women’s reservation, including extending it to the OBC women when it…
- India
Congress meets to discuss upcoming Assembly polls, OBC issue, caste-based census
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Monday to discuss the upcoming Assembly elections, OBC issue, caste-based census and the preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Congress President Mallikarjun…
- India
Congress calls CWC meeting on Oct 9, to discuss caste census, OBC issue
New Delhi: Amid debate over caste-based census gaining momentum, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has called for a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on October 9 to decide its strategy on…
- India
‘Jitni abadi, utna haq’ will eventually culminate into majoritarianism: Singhvi
New Delhi: A day after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi reiterated the demand to give people rights based on their population, senior party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi differed with him and said…
- India
RSS to step up drive against love jihad, conversions
Lucknow: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will now step up a campaign against “love jihad” and illegal religious conversion through enticements. It will also get women, Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs)…
- India
Women’s reservation bill incomplete without OBC quota, caste census: CM Gehlot
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the women’s reservation bill has been welcomed by everyone but is incomplete without OBC reservation and the caste census. Speaking to reporters after…
- India
‘Disappointed’: BJP’s Uma Bharti on ‘no OBC quota’ in Women’s Reservation Bill
Bhopal: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve…
- India
‘No quota for Muslims, OBCs’: AIMIM against Women’s Reservation Bill
AIMIM chief and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that his party is against the Women’s reservation bill as there is no quota for women from the Muslim, OBC communities in…
