New Delhi: With the opposition’s relentless insistence on caste census, Parliament’s Committee on Welfare of OBCs on Thursday included the politically sensitive subject on its agenda, following a strong demand from the members that it be discussed by the panel. BJP ally JDU supported the demand raised by DMK and Congress among others.The committee, headed…
NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati stepped up her attack at the Congress over its silence on the Supreme Court‘s suggestion for the “creamy layer” provisions within the SC/ST quotas.Casting doubt on Congress’s pitch for caste census, the ex-Uttar Pradesh CM asked if the party would be able to impart legitimate rights to…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday backed the call for a nationwide caste census on the grounds that it would help the government create better schemes to bring marginalized castes into the mainstream.As one of the key allies of the NDA government, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Paswan said, “My party has…
PRAYARAJ: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi reiterated his demand for a caste census on Saturday, arguing that it was necessary for reshaping policies to benefit 90% of excluded people, reports Rajeev Mani. He said corporate sectors, judiciary, media, Bollywood, and beauty pageants lack representation from OBCs, SCs, and STs.“90% of people are out of the…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that approximately 90% of the population, despite having the required skills and talents, remains disconnected from the system and that’s why there is a demand for a caste census.Speaking in an event at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, the…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has not held back her attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his proposal for a nation-wide caste census. The MP from Mandi in her social media post, shared a meme that showed the Congress leader wearing a skull cap, a yellow mark on his forehead, and a…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday made a strong case for caste census and accused the BJP-RSS of conspiring to hide the caste numbers so that they could keep the dalits, tribals and OBCs backward and snatch away their reservation. A day after BJP MP Anurag Thakur‘s alleged caste attack against Rahul Gandhi…
Former Union minister Anurag Thakur‘s remark that “those whose caste is not known” are talking about caste census sparked an uproar in Lok Sabha on Tuesday with Congress MPs trooping into the well.However, Thakur’s remark, made in the presence of Rahul Gandhi and an articulation of BJP‘s complaint that Congress’s embrace of ‘caste census’ after…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a massive face-off between the treasury and opposition benches after BJP leader and former Union minister Anurag Thakur targeted leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over caste census and used a remark, which was later expunged by the Speaker.“OBC ki baat, janganana ki baat bahut ki jati hai. Jiske…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan, a crucial NDA ally in Bihar, has sought for nationwide caste census on the grounds that it helps the government in formulating schemes for the “upliftment of castes”.However, the LJP (Ram Vilas) leader said he was against making the census data public as it would lead to “division in…
