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Says over 10 crore Indians being denied benefits under National Food Security Act because still 2011 Census enumeration is being used

BJP's Sanjay Jaiswal will head the Committee on Estimates while his party colleague Baijayant Panda will chair the Committee on Public Undertakings

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Revanth Reddy said time and again the RSS and the BJP had been expressing their views about changing the Constitution and ending reservation to weaker sections.

Speaking to reporters here, Thakur also accused Gandhi of dividing the nation by indulging in politics of casteism and regionalism.

He said the Congress started the Nyay Yatra in Manipur to give a message as the state was "burning".

Ramdev Baba received severe backlash from people on social media after passing derogatory comments on OBCs.

Nadda lauded Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary for having said in his speech that the party no longer wanted to "carry others on our shoulders", an obvious reference to Nitish Kumar who had quit the NDA last year.

 He said that when Ramnath Kovind was the President, he was not invited to the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Parliament House, because he was considered untouchable.

It was noted that the activities initiated by the Telangana government had set a positive precedent for the entire country.

NCP President Sharad Pawar has reiterated that the Centre should hike the ceiling of quotas from the current 50 percent by 15-16 percent to accommodate all other communities clamouring for reservations.

NCBC chairperson Hansraj Gangaram Ahir was briefed in detail about the various initiatives being taken by the State government for the benefit of the OBC communities in the State by the Chief Secretary

Telangana State Commission for Backward Classes chairman V Krishna Mohan Rao said the BJP-led government at the Centre was delaying the process of census for political reasons

Quota policies should not be viewed as a political tool but rather as a means of addressing inequalities in society

The case of reservation for Muslims within the Other Backward Classes quota has a strong constitutional basis

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha issued notices to the Centre, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and others while seeking their replies.

Focus must shift to economic and capabilities approach where not only caste but also class, intersectional views are considered.

The demand for a caste-based census to ascertain the size of the OBC population has been a long-pending and valid one

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao has demanded the Centre to immediately take measures to conduct the caste census in the country. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan here on Wednesday, Hanumantha Rao stated that the lack of data had led to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) not getting their due in reservations […]

HC panel was dealing with a batch of writ petitions against the government’s action in reducing the reservation percentages for OBCs in Local Body Elections from 34% to 22%

Congress leader demanded that the Centre withdraw plans of applying creamy layer concept to OBCs