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Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Backward Classes Reservation in Local Body Polls
In a move aimed at empowering Backward Classes (BCs) and fulfilling a key poll promise, the Telangana Cabinet, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, approved a proposal to extend 42% reservation to BCs in local body elections.
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In Madhya Pradesh, A Quota Blackhole For Other Backward Castes
The Other Backward Classes or OBC community, despite comprising over half the population of Madhya Pradesh, remains entangled in a web of administrative delays and broken promises when it comes to reservation.
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Kamal Nath's Big Promise To Backward Classes If Congress Returns To Power
Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday his party would amend the Constitution for the benefit of the OBC community if it returns to power at the Centre.
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BJP, Congress Promise 27% Tickets To OBCs In Madhya Pradesh Local Polls
The ruling BJP and opposition Congress on Wednesday announced, separately, that they will field 27 per cent of candidates from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in the coming local body elections in Madhya Pradesh.
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Jagan Reddy Revamps Cabinet, Big Representation For Backward Classes
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, keeping his promise of June 2019 of revamping his cabinet in the middle of his term, has reconstituted it.
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Mamata Banerjee Promises Minimum Annual Income In Trinamool Manifesto
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has promised monthly cash to people belonging to economically backward classes, saying they will get "cash in hand on a monthly basis" irrespective of caste or tribe. The promise was in the new manifesto of the party which was announced today - a week after it was postponed when the Chief Minister sustained a l...
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Jagan Reddy Promises 15,000 Crore For Backward Classes If Voted To Power
Leader of Opposition and YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday described the ''Backward Class'' as ''Backbone Class'' and promised them several welfare measures including an annual budgetary provision of Rs 15,000 crore, if his party was voted to power in Andhra Pradesh in the coming assembly elections.
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Tejashwi Yadav Raises Quota Pitch, Promises Agitation
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's advocacy of the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal stance on quota - a bigger chunk for Other Backward Classes -- has pushed Lalu Yadav's party to raise its pitch rather sharply.
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Quota On The Way, Assures Devendra Fadnavis, But Marathas Not Impressed
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that his government will come through on its promise to provide reservations in jobs and education to the Maratha community as early as next month. "You should get ready to celebrate on December 1. There is no need to agitate anymore," he assured, hours after the Maharashtra State Backward Cla...
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Shankersinh Vaghela Promises 10 Per Cent Quota For Most Backward Classes In Gujarat
Gujarat's Kshatriya strongman Shankersinh Vaghela today said his fledgling 'Jan Vikalp Front' would carve out a special 10 per cent quota for the most backward classes from within the 27 per cent reservation meant for the OBCs and defer implementation of the GST for a year.
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: The Hint Of Hindutva In BJP's Plan For Development And Change
The BJP's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh is a list of pledges for parivartan or change, instead of a list of promises, with nine heads under which are development reforms that the party plans if it is voted to power.
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Congress Promises Quota For Uttar Pradesh's Most Backward Classes
Congress today announced that if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will implement reservation for the most backward classes from the existing 27 per cent quota for other backward castes (OBCs).
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Nitish and Lalu Betrayed Dalits, Backward Classes: BJP Leader Sushil Modi
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today alleged that 'Grand Alliance' leaders Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad betrayed Dalits and OBCs by promising their quota share to minorities.
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BJP leadership promised my reinstatement in six months: Yeddyurappa
BJP leader, and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed that the party's central leadership had promised to reinstate him as chief minister in six months when he was asked to step down last year after the Lokayukta report on illegal mining indicted him. "I did not aspire for the chief minister's post. Since the central leader...
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Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Backward Classes Reservation in Local Body Polls
In a move aimed at empowering Backward Classes (BCs) and fulfilling a key poll promise, the Telangana Cabinet, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, approved a proposal to extend 42% reservation to BCs in local body elections.
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In Madhya Pradesh, A Quota Blackhole For Other Backward Castes
The Other Backward Classes or OBC community, despite comprising over half the population of Madhya Pradesh, remains entangled in a web of administrative delays and broken promises when it comes to reservation.
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Kamal Nath's Big Promise To Backward Classes If Congress Returns To Power
Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday his party would amend the Constitution for the benefit of the OBC community if it returns to power at the Centre.
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BJP, Congress Promise 27% Tickets To OBCs In Madhya Pradesh Local Polls
The ruling BJP and opposition Congress on Wednesday announced, separately, that they will field 27 per cent of candidates from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in the coming local body elections in Madhya Pradesh.
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Jagan Reddy Revamps Cabinet, Big Representation For Backward Classes
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, keeping his promise of June 2019 of revamping his cabinet in the middle of his term, has reconstituted it.
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Mamata Banerjee Promises Minimum Annual Income In Trinamool Manifesto
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has promised monthly cash to people belonging to economically backward classes, saying they will get "cash in hand on a monthly basis" irrespective of caste or tribe. The promise was in the new manifesto of the party which was announced today - a week after it was postponed when the Chief Minister sustained a l...
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Jagan Reddy Promises 15,000 Crore For Backward Classes If Voted To Power
Leader of Opposition and YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday described the ''Backward Class'' as ''Backbone Class'' and promised them several welfare measures including an annual budgetary provision of Rs 15,000 crore, if his party was voted to power in Andhra Pradesh in the coming assembly elections.
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Tejashwi Yadav Raises Quota Pitch, Promises Agitation
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's advocacy of the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal stance on quota - a bigger chunk for Other Backward Classes -- has pushed Lalu Yadav's party to raise its pitch rather sharply.
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Quota On The Way, Assures Devendra Fadnavis, But Marathas Not Impressed
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that his government will come through on its promise to provide reservations in jobs and education to the Maratha community as early as next month. "You should get ready to celebrate on December 1. There is no need to agitate anymore," he assured, hours after the Maharashtra State Backward Cla...
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Shankersinh Vaghela Promises 10 Per Cent Quota For Most Backward Classes In Gujarat
Gujarat's Kshatriya strongman Shankersinh Vaghela today said his fledgling 'Jan Vikalp Front' would carve out a special 10 per cent quota for the most backward classes from within the 27 per cent reservation meant for the OBCs and defer implementation of the GST for a year.
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: The Hint Of Hindutva In BJP's Plan For Development And Change
The BJP's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh is a list of pledges for parivartan or change, instead of a list of promises, with nine heads under which are development reforms that the party plans if it is voted to power.
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Congress Promises Quota For Uttar Pradesh's Most Backward Classes
Congress today announced that if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will implement reservation for the most backward classes from the existing 27 per cent quota for other backward castes (OBCs).
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Nitish and Lalu Betrayed Dalits, Backward Classes: BJP Leader Sushil Modi
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today alleged that 'Grand Alliance' leaders Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad betrayed Dalits and OBCs by promising their quota share to minorities.
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BJP leadership promised my reinstatement in six months: Yeddyurappa
BJP leader, and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed that the party's central leadership had promised to reinstate him as chief minister in six months when he was asked to step down last year after the Lokayukta report on illegal mining indicted him. "I did not aspire for the chief minister's post. Since the central leader...
