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Days after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a debate on reservation in an "atmosphere of harmony", Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today alleged that the BJP government at the centre was throttling "pro-people laws" as part of a campaign against social justice.

There should be a conversation in an atmosphere of harmony between those in favour of reservations and those against it, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday, provoking criticism and allegations that he is telegraphing the ruling BJP's intent of ending quota for the poor and backward castes.

Vijay Rupani, a low-profile RSS man who has the trust of BJP President Amit Shah, is back in the chief minister's chair after having survived the incumbency factor and a violent quota stir by the Patidars.

Reservation is a Constitutional right and nobody can abolish it, BJP ally and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan asserted today, apparently targeting the RSS over controversial comments by its publicity chief on quotas in government jobs and educational institutions.

Branding Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement of forming a non-political committee on reservation as "extra constitutional", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the RSS and BJP wanted to scrap reservations for Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Amid massive protests and violence by Jats in Haryana over quota, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has suggested that a non-political committee should be formed to decide on eligibility for reservation.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said reservation should continue in the country as long as there was social discrimination and asserted that the Sangh was not in favour of scrapping it.

Union minister and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan today said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments suggesting a review of reservation "led to fear among voters" in Bihar, which rejected the BJP's alliance in favour of the one led by Nitish Kumar in the assembly elections.

Expelled RJD lawmaker Pappu Yadav, whose party drew a blank in the Bihar polls, today termed the Grand Alliance's huge win as a victory of "casteist passion" touched off by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's quota remarks.

Before the BJP's top 12 leaders met to discuss the crushing defeat in Bihar, party president Amit Shah today met Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, the BJP's ideological mentor.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today rejected suggestions that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reservation remark had any negative impact on the party's electoral loss in Bihar, saying the reasons for loss will be analysed in detail.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the reservation row on its head today, launching a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav alliance at an election rally in Bihar, where assembly elections are being held in five phases.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said it firmly supports the existing reservation policy enshrined in the Constitution. They also said that the remarks of chief Mohan Bhagwat was distorted by the critics to create confusion about the organisation's view on the issue.

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.

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, has reiterated that he favours a review of the country's reservation policy, a stand that has created political controversy and forced the BJP on the backfoot in Bihar, which is in the middle crucial assembly elections.

Days after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a debate on reservation in an "atmosphere of harmony", Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today alleged that the BJP government at the centre was throttling "pro-people laws" as part of a campaign against social justice.

There should be a conversation in an atmosphere of harmony between those in favour of reservations and those against it, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday, provoking criticism and allegations that he is telegraphing the ruling BJP's intent of ending quota for the poor and backward castes.

Vijay Rupani, a low-profile RSS man who has the trust of BJP President Amit Shah, is back in the chief minister's chair after having survived the incumbency factor and a violent quota stir by the Patidars.

Reservation is a Constitutional right and nobody can abolish it, BJP ally and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan asserted today, apparently targeting the RSS over controversial comments by its publicity chief on quotas in government jobs and educational institutions.

Branding Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement of forming a non-political committee on reservation as "extra constitutional", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the RSS and BJP wanted to scrap reservations for Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Amid massive protests and violence by Jats in Haryana over quota, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has suggested that a non-political committee should be formed to decide on eligibility for reservation.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said reservation should continue in the country as long as there was social discrimination and asserted that the Sangh was not in favour of scrapping it.

Union minister and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan today said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments suggesting a review of reservation "led to fear among voters" in Bihar, which rejected the BJP's alliance in favour of the one led by Nitish Kumar in the assembly elections.

Expelled RJD lawmaker Pappu Yadav, whose party drew a blank in the Bihar polls, today termed the Grand Alliance's huge win as a victory of "casteist passion" touched off by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's quota remarks.

Before the BJP's top 12 leaders met to discuss the crushing defeat in Bihar, party president Amit Shah today met Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, the BJP's ideological mentor.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today rejected suggestions that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reservation remark had any negative impact on the party's electoral loss in Bihar, saying the reasons for loss will be analysed in detail.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the reservation row on its head today, launching a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav alliance at an election rally in Bihar, where assembly elections are being held in five phases.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said it firmly supports the existing reservation policy enshrined in the Constitution. They also said that the remarks of chief Mohan Bhagwat was distorted by the critics to create confusion about the organisation's view on the issue.

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.

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, has reiterated that he favours a review of the country's reservation policy, a stand that has created political controversy and forced the BJP on the backfoot in Bihar, which is in the middle crucial assembly elections.