Obc Quota Issue

Amid the ongoing protests over Maratha and OBC reservation issues, Maharashtra unit BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to declare whether it will provide reservations to the Maratha community from the exi

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said if the Maharashtra government wants to find a solution to the quota issue and the conflict between Marathas and OBCs, it should adopt a stance based on "mutual understanding and cooperation."

Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at his residence here and sought his intervention into the Maratha quota issue and objections over it by OBC leaders.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Centre cannot be a mere spectator and it should take lead to resolve matters pertaining to the quota demand by the Maratha community and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he would allay the concerns of his cabinet colleague Chhagan Bhujbal over the OBC quota issue in view of the draft notification on the issuance of Kunbi caste certificates to eligible

The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday issued gazette notifications for raising the quota for deprived castes from 50 to 65 per cent in state government jobs and educational institutions, after receiving assent from the Governor.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis the Uddhav Thackeray government lacked willpower to get OBC reservation restored while his government succeeded after coming to power.

Elections to local governing bodies can be held now with other Backward Castes (OBCs) quota in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court giving its nod, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a Maharashtra government plea seeking a direction to the Centre to disclose to the state the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 raw caste data on Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on a plea seeking implementation of reservation for the SC, ST and OBC candidates in its PhD programme.

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Thursday said that the party would not let the state government conduct local body elections until the issue of OBC reservation is resolved.

The AIQ seats in medicine were created on the directions of the Supreme Court in 1984. All states were required to surrender 15 per cent undergraduate and 50 per cent postgraduate medical and dental seats in state-run colleges to a "central pool" with the rest going to a "state pool".

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to provide the 2011 census data to enable the State Backward Class Commission to prepare an empirical data of the OBC population.

Hardik Patel, 24, will meet top leaders of the Congress tonight to suss out if they can remain a political team for this December's election in Gujarat.

Amid the ongoing protests over Maratha and OBC reservation issues, Maharashtra unit BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to declare whether it will provide reservations to the Maratha community from the exi

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said if the Maharashtra government wants to find a solution to the quota issue and the conflict between Marathas and OBCs, it should adopt a stance based on "mutual understanding and cooperation."

Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at his residence here and sought his intervention into the Maratha quota issue and objections over it by OBC leaders.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Centre cannot be a mere spectator and it should take lead to resolve matters pertaining to the quota demand by the Maratha community and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he would allay the concerns of his cabinet colleague Chhagan Bhujbal over the OBC quota issue in view of the draft notification on the issuance of Kunbi caste certificates to eligible

The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday issued gazette notifications for raising the quota for deprived castes from 50 to 65 per cent in state government jobs and educational institutions, after receiving assent from the Governor.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis the Uddhav Thackeray government lacked willpower to get OBC reservation restored while his government succeeded after coming to power.

Elections to local governing bodies can be held now with other Backward Castes (OBCs) quota in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court giving its nod, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a Maharashtra government plea seeking a direction to the Centre to disclose to the state the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 raw caste data on Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on a plea seeking implementation of reservation for the SC, ST and OBC candidates in its PhD programme.

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Thursday said that the party would not let the state government conduct local body elections until the issue of OBC reservation is resolved.

The AIQ seats in medicine were created on the directions of the Supreme Court in 1984. All states were required to surrender 15 per cent undergraduate and 50 per cent postgraduate medical and dental seats in state-run colleges to a "central pool" with the rest going to a "state pool".

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to provide the 2011 census data to enable the State Backward Class Commission to prepare an empirical data of the OBC population.

Hardik Patel, 24, will meet top leaders of the Congress tonight to suss out if they can remain a political team for this December's election in Gujarat.