Rss Quota Remarks

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.

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.

Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, today strongly objected to RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya's claim that the Constitution's architect was not for continuance of quota in perpetuity and challenged him to state where the dalit icon made such a comment.

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.

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.

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.

BSP supremo Ms Mayawati today attacked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement on review of quota regime and threatened a nationwide protest against the Narendra Modi government if it "toed" the line of the Sangh leader.

A subtle political message from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has sparked a debate at a time when the BJP is walking a fine line balancing demands for reservation from politically powerful upper caste communities like the Patels in Gujarat and the Jats in other states and keeping the current beneficiaries of quota like back...

The Congress today launched an attack on the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's call for a review of the reservation policy.

The RSS today clarified that its chief Mohan Bhagwat had not called for an end to quotas in education and jobs.

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.

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.

Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, today strongly objected to RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya's claim that the Constitution's architect was not for continuance of quota in perpetuity and challenged him to state where the dalit icon made such a comment.

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.

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.

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.

BSP supremo Ms Mayawati today attacked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement on review of quota regime and threatened a nationwide protest against the Narendra Modi government if it "toed" the line of the Sangh leader.

A subtle political message from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has sparked a debate at a time when the BJP is walking a fine line balancing demands for reservation from politically powerful upper caste communities like the Patels in Gujarat and the Jats in other states and keeping the current beneficiaries of quota like back...

The Congress today launched an attack on the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's call for a review of the reservation policy.

The RSS today clarified that its chief Mohan Bhagwat had not called for an end to quotas in education and jobs.