Caste Based Reservation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused Congress of reducing the quota for the OBCs in Karnataka by putting Muslims castes in the same category, and claimed that it plans to replicate this across the country.

More than just a whimsical preferential treatment of one group over the other, at the heart of the debate is the question of which are the more injured groups that the state needs to prioritise for affirmative action.

The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65 per cent.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for removing the 50 per cent cap on reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes at a Karnataka election campaign speech in Kolar district.

Union minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Monday said reservation is necessary for progress of members of a socially and economically backward community, but the quota system alone cannot ensure their complete development.

Karnataka government is considering an increase in the reservation ceiling for the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in education and employment beyond 50 per cent, based on the population, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Bengaluru today.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray today said reservation based on the caste should be scrapped.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said reservation based on the caste should be scrapped.

Samajwadi Party (SP), struggling to retain its base in Uttar Pradesh, today unveiled a please-all manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls. While Muslims came in for a special attention, Mulayam Singh Yadav's party also tried to woo the upper castes by promising to set up a commission to identify the poorer" among them for providing reservation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused Congress of reducing the quota for the OBCs in Karnataka by putting Muslims castes in the same category, and claimed that it plans to replicate this across the country.

More than just a whimsical preferential treatment of one group over the other, at the heart of the debate is the question of which are the more injured groups that the state needs to prioritise for affirmative action.

The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65 per cent.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for removing the 50 per cent cap on reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes at a Karnataka election campaign speech in Kolar district.

Union minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Monday said reservation is necessary for progress of members of a socially and economically backward community, but the quota system alone cannot ensure their complete development.

Karnataka government is considering an increase in the reservation ceiling for the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in education and employment beyond 50 per cent, based on the population, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Bengaluru today.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray today said reservation based on the caste should be scrapped.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said reservation based on the caste should be scrapped.

Samajwadi Party (SP), struggling to retain its base in Uttar Pradesh, today unveiled a please-all manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls. While Muslims came in for a special attention, Mulayam Singh Yadav's party also tried to woo the upper castes by promising to set up a commission to identify the poorer" among them for providing reservation.