Obc Bill

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega BJP workers meet in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal today, former chief minister and senior party leader Uma Bharti said the recently-cleared Women's Reservation Bill should not be implemented without OBC quota.

The Congress "100 per cent regrets" it was unable to pass the women's reservation bill when it was in power, Rahul Gandhi said Friday

Hailing the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, BRS leader K Kavitha said she would continue her fight 'to safeguard' and seek assured representation for OBC women.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the women's reservation bill has been welcomed by everyone but is incomplete without OBC reservation and the caste census.

BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday came down heavily on the Congress for demanding an OBC quota within the reservation for women lawmakers, saying it was the BJP-led NDA that gave the country its first OBC prime minister.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rebutted the allegations of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the Women's Reservation Bill lacked quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and stressed to focus on the facts.

Countering Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's claim that of the 90 secretaries in the government of India, only three belong to the OBC community, Amit Shah on Wednesday said that it is the government that runs the country, not the secretaries.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women's reservation bill but lamented that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for other backward classes.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi opposed the women's reservation bill, saying it would benefit only "savarna women" and questioned why OBC and Muslim women are not being given any quota.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that he was in support of women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies though there must be provisions for adequate representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and EBCs.

BJP and Opposition leaders are locked in war of worlds after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanded OBC and SC quota under the Women's Reservation Bill while speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women's reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women's reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes.

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega BJP workers meet in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal today, former chief minister and senior party leader Uma Bharti said the recently-cleared Women's Reservation Bill should not be implemented without OBC quota.

The Congress "100 per cent regrets" it was unable to pass the women's reservation bill when it was in power, Rahul Gandhi said Friday

Hailing the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, BRS leader K Kavitha said she would continue her fight 'to safeguard' and seek assured representation for OBC women.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the women's reservation bill has been welcomed by everyone but is incomplete without OBC reservation and the caste census.

BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday came down heavily on the Congress for demanding an OBC quota within the reservation for women lawmakers, saying it was the BJP-led NDA that gave the country its first OBC prime minister.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rebutted the allegations of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the Women's Reservation Bill lacked quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and stressed to focus on the facts.

Countering Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's claim that of the 90 secretaries in the government of India, only three belong to the OBC community, Amit Shah on Wednesday said that it is the government that runs the country, not the secretaries.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women's reservation bill but lamented that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for other backward classes.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi opposed the women's reservation bill, saying it would benefit only "savarna women" and questioned why OBC and Muslim women are not being given any quota.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that he was in support of women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies though there must be provisions for adequate representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and EBCs.

BJP and Opposition leaders are locked in war of worlds after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanded OBC and SC quota under the Women's Reservation Bill while speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women's reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women's reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes.

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.