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The Mandal Wave: Reservations That Changed Bihar And India Forever
Six weeks after former Prime Minister VP Singh announced in his 1990 Independence Day speech the implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations, Delhi's streets were filled with student-led demonstrations.
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"Country Going To Pay... ": When Rajiv Gandhi Opposed 1990 Reservation Move
As the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress wage a political battle to claim credit for yesterday's announcement, here is a look at how the Grand Old Party responded to the Mandal Commission's report 35 years back and the grounds on which it oppose
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Congress Opposed Caste Census, BJP Now Doing Same: Akhilesh Yadav
The Congress stopped the caste census and the implementation of the Mandal Commission report in the past and the BJP is taking a similar stand now," claimed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
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Had Urged VP Singh To Implement Mandal Commission Report: Lalu Prasad
After the formation of the National Front government in 1989, there was growing unease between the two power centres - Prime Minister VP Singh and his deputy Devi Lal - and as a solution Lalu Prasad Yadav advised Mr Singh to implement the Mandal Commission report, the RJD boss writes in his memoir.
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"Don't Beg, Slap For Rights": Kalyan Singh To Backward Castes
Rajasthan governor and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh has asked the backward castes not to beg for their rights but to slap anyone who deprives them of their due.
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In Outreach To Backward Classes, PM Modi Sets Up Panel For Sub-Quotas
In a move that would help the most backward communities to reap reservation benefits, the NDA government on Monday set up a commission to divide the Other Backward Classes, or OBC, into sub-groups.
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Mohan Bhagwat's Quota Remark sealed BJP's fate in Bihar: Lalu Prasad
Attacking saffron party over Mohan Bhagwat's remark, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the RSS chief's call for a review of the reservation policy has "sealed" the fate of the BJP. He claimed that Janata Dal will emerge triumphant in "Mandal versus Kamandal" politics, as in 1995 Bihar polls.
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What Mohan Bhagwat Really Said on Reservation
Having read the Organiser interview with Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the RSS, I am left scratching my head. Going by media reports, one expected an interview devoted to the issue of reservations and making strong recommendations. What one found instead was a long conversation on the relevance of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and his philosophy of "Integral Huma...
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'Congress Did It Too' Is a Lame Excuse, Kejriwal
"But the Congress did the same" as a justification for all their own wrongdoings unites both the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi and the Narendra Modi-led government at the centre.
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Caste Data Will Hit Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar Hard, Claims Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Pitching for a comprehensive classification of caste data before its release, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said once in public domain it will hit leaders like Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar the most.
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Aarakshan Not On Mandal: Prakash Jha
Reflecting controversial policies of caste-based reservations, Prakash Jha's upcoming film Aarakshan does not reflect the Mandal Commission.
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Caste census divides BJP
A caste census brings back the ghosts of Mandal One for the saffron parivar.
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The Mandal Wave: Reservations That Changed Bihar And India Forever
Six weeks after former Prime Minister VP Singh announced in his 1990 Independence Day speech the implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations, Delhi's streets were filled with student-led demonstrations.
-
"Country Going To Pay... ": When Rajiv Gandhi Opposed 1990 Reservation Move
As the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress wage a political battle to claim credit for yesterday's announcement, here is a look at how the Grand Old Party responded to the Mandal Commission's report 35 years back and the grounds on which it oppose
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Congress Opposed Caste Census, BJP Now Doing Same: Akhilesh Yadav
The Congress stopped the caste census and the implementation of the Mandal Commission report in the past and the BJP is taking a similar stand now," claimed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
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Had Urged VP Singh To Implement Mandal Commission Report: Lalu Prasad
After the formation of the National Front government in 1989, there was growing unease between the two power centres - Prime Minister VP Singh and his deputy Devi Lal - and as a solution Lalu Prasad Yadav advised Mr Singh to implement the Mandal Commission report, the RJD boss writes in his memoir.
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"Don't Beg, Slap For Rights": Kalyan Singh To Backward Castes
Rajasthan governor and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh has asked the backward castes not to beg for their rights but to slap anyone who deprives them of their due.
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In Outreach To Backward Classes, PM Modi Sets Up Panel For Sub-Quotas
In a move that would help the most backward communities to reap reservation benefits, the NDA government on Monday set up a commission to divide the Other Backward Classes, or OBC, into sub-groups.
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Mohan Bhagwat's Quota Remark sealed BJP's fate in Bihar: Lalu Prasad
Attacking saffron party over Mohan Bhagwat's remark, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the RSS chief's call for a review of the reservation policy has "sealed" the fate of the BJP. He claimed that Janata Dal will emerge triumphant in "Mandal versus Kamandal" politics, as in 1995 Bihar polls.
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What Mohan Bhagwat Really Said on Reservation
Having read the Organiser interview with Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the RSS, I am left scratching my head. Going by media reports, one expected an interview devoted to the issue of reservations and making strong recommendations. What one found instead was a long conversation on the relevance of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and his philosophy of "Integral Huma...
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'Congress Did It Too' Is a Lame Excuse, Kejriwal
"But the Congress did the same" as a justification for all their own wrongdoings unites both the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi and the Narendra Modi-led government at the centre.
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Caste Data Will Hit Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar Hard, Claims Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Pitching for a comprehensive classification of caste data before its release, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said once in public domain it will hit leaders like Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar the most.
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Aarakshan Not On Mandal: Prakash Jha
Reflecting controversial policies of caste-based reservations, Prakash Jha's upcoming film Aarakshan does not reflect the Mandal Commission.
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Caste census divides BJP
A caste census brings back the ghosts of Mandal One for the saffron parivar.
