Brahmin Baniya

BJP leader P Muralidhar Rao's comment about brahminsand baniyas in the party's "pockets" have triggered a huge row in Madhya Pradesh, with the Congress demanding an apology and slamming the ruling party for "arrogance".

BJP leader P Muralidhar Rao on Monday triggered a huge row with his statement that people belonging to Brahmin and Baniya communities are in his "pockets".

The government on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in the general category and said it would move a constitutional amendment bill to bring it into effect. The mega move, just months before the national election, was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minist...

With 22.63 lakh voters, Ghaziabad is the second largest Lok Sabha constituency after Malkajgiri in Andhra Pradesh. The constituency has a fair sprinkling of Rajputs, Brahmins, Baniyas and Jats, and, with the exception of 2004, has voted for the BJP since 1991.

BJP leader P Muralidhar Rao's comment about brahminsand baniyas in the party's "pockets" have triggered a huge row in Madhya Pradesh, with the Congress demanding an apology and slamming the ruling party for "arrogance".

BJP leader P Muralidhar Rao on Monday triggered a huge row with his statement that people belonging to Brahmin and Baniya communities are in his "pockets".

The government on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in the general category and said it would move a constitutional amendment bill to bring it into effect. The mega move, just months before the national election, was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minist...

With 22.63 lakh voters, Ghaziabad is the second largest Lok Sabha constituency after Malkajgiri in Andhra Pradesh. The constituency has a fair sprinkling of Rajputs, Brahmins, Baniyas and Jats, and, with the exception of 2004, has voted for the BJP since 1991.