Minority Quota Issue

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said he had held a meeting with the state minorities department minister and officials, and would raise the Muslim quota issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to find a road ahead.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should not give "vague" replies on the 5 per cent Muslim quota issue and declare "with courage" that his government will not bring law granting reservation to the minority community.

BJP today stepped up its attack on the 'Grand Alliance' over the reservation issue, with party chief Amit Shah raking up Congress' promise in 2012 about giving the minorities 9 per cent quota and asking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad to clarify their stand on the row.

The Supreme Court has refused to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities out of 27 percent reservation for OBCs, which was challenged by the Centre. The top court has pulled up the government for the manner in which the sensitive issue was dealt with. It has questioned the government how it decided on t...

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today called the remarks made by Law Minister Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota issue "unprecedented" and "very serious", and said he welcomed the strong action taken by the Election Commission (EC) on it.

The Election Commission (EC) has accepted Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's request to hear him. The poll panel is likely to meet with Mr Verma and his counsel on Friday. Mr Verma, who is the union minister of steel, was issued a notice by the election commission for violating the moral code of conduct during an election speech in Farrukhabad in U...

After his controversial remarks regarding the minority quota in an election speech and then daring Election Commission, Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma has taken an U-turn, saying his comments could have been a 'slip of the tongue' and he respects the poll panel. The congress leader had earlier said that he wouldn't budge from his position, even...

A day after Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC), expressing regret over his remarks on the minority quota, the poll panel has, according to sources, decided to close the matter.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for "denigrating" the Election Commission over his promise for quota for minorities in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress spoke in different voices on the issue, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the prime minister was seized of the matter.

Uma Bharti is back, after a sulk and a spot of illness, spearheading the BJP's attack in Uttar Pradesh. Today she went straight for the Congress' jugular over the minority quota issue, saying her party would launch a massive protest campaign against the "Congress attempt to divide and rule India on the basis of religion."

In an indication of Congress strategy to aggressively woo minority voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi today attacked BSP and SP for their "changing" stance on the issue of Muslim reservation.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said he had held a meeting with the state minorities department minister and officials, and would raise the Muslim quota issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to find a road ahead.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should not give "vague" replies on the 5 per cent Muslim quota issue and declare "with courage" that his government will not bring law granting reservation to the minority community.

BJP today stepped up its attack on the 'Grand Alliance' over the reservation issue, with party chief Amit Shah raking up Congress' promise in 2012 about giving the minorities 9 per cent quota and asking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad to clarify their stand on the row.

The Supreme Court has refused to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities out of 27 percent reservation for OBCs, which was challenged by the Centre. The top court has pulled up the government for the manner in which the sensitive issue was dealt with. It has questioned the government how it decided on t...

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today called the remarks made by Law Minister Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota issue "unprecedented" and "very serious", and said he welcomed the strong action taken by the Election Commission (EC) on it.

The Election Commission (EC) has accepted Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's request to hear him. The poll panel is likely to meet with Mr Verma and his counsel on Friday. Mr Verma, who is the union minister of steel, was issued a notice by the election commission for violating the moral code of conduct during an election speech in Farrukhabad in U...

After his controversial remarks regarding the minority quota in an election speech and then daring Election Commission, Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma has taken an U-turn, saying his comments could have been a 'slip of the tongue' and he respects the poll panel. The congress leader had earlier said that he wouldn't budge from his position, even...

A day after Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC), expressing regret over his remarks on the minority quota, the poll panel has, according to sources, decided to close the matter.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for "denigrating" the Election Commission over his promise for quota for minorities in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress spoke in different voices on the issue, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the prime minister was seized of the matter.

Uma Bharti is back, after a sulk and a spot of illness, spearheading the BJP's attack in Uttar Pradesh. Today she went straight for the Congress' jugular over the minority quota issue, saying her party would launch a massive protest campaign against the "Congress attempt to divide and rule India on the basis of religion."

In an indication of Congress strategy to aggressively woo minority voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi today attacked BSP and SP for their "changing" stance on the issue of Muslim reservation.