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Caste Census Only Way To Ensure Equal Opportunity For All: Congress

March 24, 2024 admin

“We cannot deny caste-based discrimination in India,” said Jairam Ramesh (File) The Congress on Sunday asserted that a caste census is the only way to ensure equal opportunity for all in the country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said caste has been a socio-economic reality of Indian society for centuries. “We cannot deny caste-based discrimination…

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Congress Leader Anand Sharma On Caste Census

March 21, 2024 admin

Fresh cracks have appeared within the Congress over its flagship caste census demand at a national level with a senior leader claiming the party never endorsed identity politics. A demand for caste census may be misinterpreted as disrespecting the party’s former leaders and former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Anand Sharma said in…

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“Congress Will Not Profit Politically From Caste Census”: Union Minister

October 29, 2023 admin

Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh will take place on November 17 (File) Indore, Madhya Pradesh: The Congress will not profit politically from its demand for caste census in the country, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said on Sunday. People know the Congress did not undertake such an exercise when it was in power at the Centre,…

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Asaduddin Owaisi’s Googly To Amit Shah

October 28, 2023 admin

“If you are so sympathetic towards backward class, why you don’t conduct BC census,” Mr Owaisi asked Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has sought to know why the BJP does not get “Backward Classes caste census” conducted if it was so concerned about the community. The statement comes a day after Union Home Minister Amit…

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Congress Makes It Official, Throws Weight Behind Caste Census Demand

October 9, 2023 admin

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee has unanimously endorsed a call for caste census at a meeting held today. Sources said the initiative was of Rahul Gandhi who in an address to the party later, said the INDIA bloc will “put pressure on the BJP to conduct this”. The Prime Minister, Mr Gandhi said, is…

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Morning Digest | Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker ever to be ousted in a U.S. House vote; Delhi Police arrest NewsClick founder, HR head in alleged terror case and more

October 4, 2023 admin

Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a U.S. House vote Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday…

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Caste Census Divides INDIA Bloc, Political Resolution Dropped

September 1, 2023 admin

While an election resolution was adopted at the Mumbai meeting, a political resolution had to be dropped. Mumbai: Amid all the bonhomie on display, the third meeting of the INDIA alliance also saw one of the first major differences emerge between the opposition parties since they decided to band together in June. While an election…

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Only Centre Can Conduct Caste Census, Supreme Court Told

August 28, 2023 admin

New Delhi: No other body other than the Union Government can conduct a caste census, the Supreme Court was told today. The Centre, in an affidavit, asserted that the Census Act, 1948, empowers only the Government to conduct the census. The move is a challenge to the Bihar government which in an earlier hearing informed…

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