OBC Reservation

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde arrived in Delhi to hold a discussion regarding Other Backward Class (OBC) reservations and said the state govt is committed to providing justice to them

'The BJP has now risen to second spot, ahead of the BSP, as the political party of choice for Muslims in UP. This is a significant shift indeed'

The Commission was set up by the President under the Article 340 of the Constitution to sub-categorise OBCs so that the benefits of reservation reach all of them

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday said it is the responsibility of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his government now to get OBC reservations from the Supreme Court

Patil made the remarks on Wednesday during a protest by the state BJP unit in Mumbai for seeking reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in elections

The Supreme Court said that OBC category candidates are required to be adjusted against the general category who were more meritorious than the last of the general category candidates appointed

'Backward classes were denied rightful political representation due to a lack of reservation in politics, it will be against Social Justice if they again lose their reservation due to the SC order'

The Supreme Court allowed the Central government to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBC and 10 per cent to EWS in All India quota seats in medical courses

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) category for admission to all-India medical courses.

The Centre has requested the top court to suspend the election process as an interim measure

For the BJP, the demand to hold a caste census might adversely impact the pro-OBC agenda

Lok Sabha witnessed a thaw in the logjam over the Pegasus row as members cutting across party lines voiced support for a bill to restore the states' power to make their own OBC lists

Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment bill to restore the powers of the states to make their own OBC lists, with 385 members voting in its favour and no member opposing it

For the first time since the Monsoon session of Parliament began on July 19, the Lok Sabha witnessed debate in an orderly manner on Tuesday

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar introduced the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha on Monday

BSP supremo Mayawati said her party will support the passage of a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to enable state governments to make their own lists of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said it will support the central government in parliament and outside if it takes constructive steps for conducting census of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

The Union Cabinet is learnt to have cleared a Constitution amendment bill which seeks to give power to states and UTs to make their own OBC lists, sources said on Wednesday

Andhra Pradesh government has enhanced the income limit for issuances of OBC certificate from Rs 6 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Monday termed as misleading the resolution to be moved by the state government in the Legislature