Rss On Quota

The BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS's) ideology is against reservations, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today after the Supreme Court said quotas and reservation for promotion in government jobs isn't a fundamental right.

Days after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a debate on reservation in an "atmosphere of harmony", Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today alleged that the BJP government at the centre was throttling "pro-people laws" as part of a campaign against social justice.

There should be a conversation in an atmosphere of harmony between those in favour of reservations and those against it, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday, provoking criticism and allegations that he is telegraphing the ruling BJP's intent of ending quota for the poor and backward castes.

Gujarat independent MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani said on Sunday that the Centre's move to provide 10 per cent quota to the upper-caste poor is a step towards realizing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agenda to remove caste-based reservations from the system.

Reservation is a Constitutional right and nobody can abolish it, BJP ally and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan asserted today, apparently targeting the RSS over controversial comments by its publicity chief on quotas in government jobs and educational institutions.

Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, today strongly objected to RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya's claim that the Constitution's architect was not for continuance of quota in perpetuity and challenged him to state where the dalit icon made such a comment.

Opportunities, not reservation, is what's needed, said a top leader of the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS today, which is likely to cause the party some burn, given that key states including Uttar Pradesh vote in the next few weeks.

Branding Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement of forming a non-political committee on reservation as "extra constitutional", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the RSS and BJP wanted to scrap reservations for Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Amid massive protests and violence by Jats in Haryana over quota, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has suggested that a non-political committee should be formed to decide on eligibility for reservation.

Before the BJP's top 12 leaders met to discuss the crushing defeat in Bihar, party president Amit Shah today met Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, the BJP's ideological mentor.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today rejected suggestions that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reservation remark had any negative impact on the party's electoral loss in Bihar, saying the reasons for loss will be analysed in detail.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the reservation row on its head today, launching a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav alliance at an election rally in Bihar, where assembly elections are being held in five phases.

With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against rising intolerance, party president Amit Shah today said that BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other parties.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said it firmly supports the existing reservation policy enshrined in the Constitution. They also said that the remarks of chief Mohan Bhagwat was distorted by the critics to create confusion about the organisation's view on the issue.

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, has reiterated that he favours a review of the country's reservation policy, a stand that has created political controversy and forced the BJP on the backfoot in Bihar, which is in the middle crucial assembly elections.

The BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS's) ideology is against reservations, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today after the Supreme Court said quotas and reservation for promotion in government jobs isn't a fundamental right.

Days after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a debate on reservation in an "atmosphere of harmony", Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today alleged that the BJP government at the centre was throttling "pro-people laws" as part of a campaign against social justice.

There should be a conversation in an atmosphere of harmony between those in favour of reservations and those against it, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday, provoking criticism and allegations that he is telegraphing the ruling BJP's intent of ending quota for the poor and backward castes.

Gujarat independent MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani said on Sunday that the Centre's move to provide 10 per cent quota to the upper-caste poor is a step towards realizing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agenda to remove caste-based reservations from the system.

Reservation is a Constitutional right and nobody can abolish it, BJP ally and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan asserted today, apparently targeting the RSS over controversial comments by its publicity chief on quotas in government jobs and educational institutions.

Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, today strongly objected to RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya's claim that the Constitution's architect was not for continuance of quota in perpetuity and challenged him to state where the dalit icon made such a comment.

Opportunities, not reservation, is what's needed, said a top leader of the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS today, which is likely to cause the party some burn, given that key states including Uttar Pradesh vote in the next few weeks.

Branding Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement of forming a non-political committee on reservation as "extra constitutional", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the RSS and BJP wanted to scrap reservations for Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Amid massive protests and violence by Jats in Haryana over quota, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has suggested that a non-political committee should be formed to decide on eligibility for reservation.

Before the BJP's top 12 leaders met to discuss the crushing defeat in Bihar, party president Amit Shah today met Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, the BJP's ideological mentor.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today rejected suggestions that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reservation remark had any negative impact on the party's electoral loss in Bihar, saying the reasons for loss will be analysed in detail.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the reservation row on its head today, launching a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav alliance at an election rally in Bihar, where assembly elections are being held in five phases.

With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against rising intolerance, party president Amit Shah today said that BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other parties.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said it firmly supports the existing reservation policy enshrined in the Constitution. They also said that the remarks of chief Mohan Bhagwat was distorted by the critics to create confusion about the organisation's view on the issue.

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, has reiterated that he favours a review of the country's reservation policy, a stand that has created political controversy and forced the BJP on the backfoot in Bihar, which is in the middle crucial assembly elections.