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Akhilesh promises caste census within 3 months if voted to power
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has promised a caste census to give people their rights in accordance with their share in the population.
He said...
Telangana CM demands caste census, increase in SC quota
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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday urged the Centre to enhance the reservation quota of Scheduled Castes and also undertake a caste...
Anti-Hindutva lobby wants caste census
Caste as the cliché goes is the curse of Hindu society. But so effectively has the curse been embedded in the nation that no...
Two SC families assaulted over ‘black magic’ after being named by ‘possessed’ women on Muharram
Seven members of two families were tied to wooden poles of a shed and beaten mercilessly by a mob in village Wani (Khurd) in...
BJD demands law to remove 50% reservation cap
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A day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar demanded a cast-based census, Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) demanded Central law to remove 50...
The BJP’s OBC gambit may hurt in the long run
The BJP has never been a casteist party on paper, but it has over the years become adept at pushing the jaativad card in...
BJP MLA files plea to include Kayasthas in OBC list
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The Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Backward Classes will soon take up a plea to include the Kayastha community in the OBC list.
According to...
Nitish asks PM Modi for time to discuss caste census demand
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In a bid to corner the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating the demand for a...
Centre says no to caste census demand of Nitish Kumar
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In a jolt to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has been batting for caste-based census for long, the Central government has said that,...
Supriya Sule plays dumb, claims she learnt caste politics after moving to Delhi
NCP MP Supriya Sule has said that she learnt caste politics in Delhi and not Maharashtra indirectly opining that it is Northern Bharat where...