Rajasthan Breaches 50% Quota Cap: Will Quota Gamble Help BJP in Other States?
Tonight on Left, Right & Centre:
Rajasthan breaches 50% quota cap: Will quota gamble help BJP in other states?
In an attempt to calm growing tensions over the issue of reservations, the Rajasthan government has breached the limit for quotas in government jobs and educational institutions to include what its calling economically backward classes among the forward castes and also the Gujjars who've been identified as special backward classes. This as Gujarat grapples with the agitation for quotas by its wealthy Patel community. As calls for a review of India's reservation policy come from both sides of the political divide - from the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to Congressmen like Jitin Prasada and Manish Tiwari, we ask whether Rajasthan's gamble will help the BJP in other states, especially poll-bound Bihar and what criteria will determine economically backward classes.
G4 leaders plan summit meet in US: Power push for India at UN?
On Left, Right and Centre, on the eve of PM Modi's visit to New York to address the 70th UN General Assembly, the US said it is committed to India's inclusion as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. With UN reforms centrestage at this assembly session, the group of four - India, Germany, Brazil and Japan - have revived a decade-old association to lobby for this position and will be meeting in New York on the sidelines. Can they expect positive results?
Rajasthan breaches 50% quota cap: Will quota gamble help BJP in other states?
In an attempt to calm growing tensions over the issue of reservations, the Rajasthan government has breached the limit for quotas in government jobs and educational institutions to include what its calling economically backward classes among the forward castes and also the Gujjars who've been identified as special backward classes. This as Gujarat grapples with the agitation for quotas by its wealthy Patel community. As calls for a review of India's reservation policy come from both sides of the political divide - from the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to Congressmen like Jitin Prasada and Manish Tiwari, we ask whether Rajasthan's gamble will help the BJP in other states, especially poll-bound Bihar and what criteria will determine economically backward classes.
G4 leaders plan summit meet in US: Power push for India at UN?
On Left, Right and Centre, on the eve of PM Modi's visit to New York to address the 70th UN General Assembly, the US said it is committed to India's inclusion as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. With UN reforms centrestage at this assembly session, the group of four - India, Germany, Brazil and Japan - have revived a decade-old association to lobby for this position and will be meeting in New York on the sidelines. Can they expect positive results?
