Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, accused PM Modi of lying about him being against reservation, saying the INDIA bloc wants to increase quota beyond the 50 per cent cap.Speaking in poll-bound Jharkhand on Monday, the Congress leader said the “election is the election…
Union home minister Amit Shah in Palamu NEW DELHI: As long as the Bharatiya Janata Party is in India, the religion-based minorities will not get a reservation, Union home minister Amit Shah warned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday after the oldest party promised to give reservations to Muslims. Addressing a rally in Jharkhand‘s Palamu,…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday welcomed the decision of UPSC to cancel the advertisement rolled out for lateral entry hiring in government jobs, terming it “a victory for social justice“. Stalin said on X, “The Union government has withdrawn the lateral entry recruitment after strong opposition from #INDIA bloc.” Opposition parties came…
NEW DELHI: The concept of lateral entry into Indian government services has been a subject of significant interest and debate. On August 18, 2024, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued an advertisement to recruit 45 joint secretaries, directors, and deputy secretaries across 24 central ministries through lateral entry on a contract basis or deputation.However,…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Tuesday sought a hearing and stay in Supreme Court on Calcutta high court’s ruling which invalidated the reservation granted to these castes from April to September 2010 and 37 additional castes were included under a 2012 law.The apex court will hear the plea on August 27.(This is a…
NEW DELHI: BJP ally and Union minister Chirag Paswan Monday termed the lateral entry move “completely wrong” and said he would raise the issue before the Centre. He said his party is “absolutely not in favour of” any appointment by government without following the policy on reservations.“My party’s stance on such appointments is absolutely clear….
KOLHAPUR: NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar faced the ire of Maratha activists who halted his convoy in Kurduvadi in Maharashtra’s Solapur district and later an activist tried self-immolation during his rally in Barshi on Sunday.The activists demanded Pawar to clear his stance on Maratha reservation. They let him go after he expressed support for their cause.However,…
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the ‘creamy layer’ judgement of the Supreme Court, Akhilesh Yadav targeted BJP saying that it has always been “against reservation“.Without directly quoting the apex court’s decision that allowed the states to have sub-groups within 15% scheduled caste quota, the Samajwadi Party chief said in a…
PATNA: Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Sunday expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court observation over creamy layer among Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) and announced that his party would file a review petition against the ruling.Chirag, who got elected from his father late Ram Vilas…
NEW DELHI: While it is true that some sub-castes within scheduled castes and some tribes within scheduled tribes miss out on the benefits of reservation, a significant part of SC/ST quotas in government jobs goes unfilled every year, raising the question of whether the ‘dominant’ sub-castes and tribes are really keeping the more deprived ones…
