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Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s promises on caste census and doing away with the 50 per cent cap on reservation was challenged today by Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s KT Rama Rao, who had brought a number of tribal women to Delhi to highlight their plight. “You (Rahul Gandhi) are speaking on Dalits and tribals, but…
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Hyderabad: Caste discrimination in India is “unique” — probably among worst in world — and the Congress will demolish the “artificial barrier” of 50 per cent reservations, the party’s senior leader Rahul Gandhi said today. Mr Gandhi is in Telangana, which is becoming the second Congress-ruled state after Karnataka to undertake a caste census. The…
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Hyderabad: Telangana will become the second Congress-ruled state after Karnataka to undertake caste census – an exercise that would continue from November 6 to November 30. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has also ordered the constitution of a Backwards Castes commission following the orders of the High Court, which wanted the new commission to ensure quota…
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Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, amid a torrent of criticism over remarks that have been perceived as anti-reservation, issued a clarification today, saying his party would “take reservation beyond the limit of 50 per cent”. “Yesterday someone misrepresented my statement that I am against reservation. But let me make it clear – I am not against reservation….
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A caste census has been part of the opposition’s demand for several months (File). Thiruvananthapuram: A caste census – a major election issue and a repeat demand of the opposition, specifically the Congress-led INDIA bloc, and at least one of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s allies – is a “sensitive issue… to be dealt with…
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“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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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…
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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“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…
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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