OBC Quota
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Jat reservation row: Manoharlal Khattar wants resolution of Jat demands
Jat reservation row: While the Chief Minister of Haryana Manoharlal Khattar is in favour of an early resolution of the demand for reservations for Jats, he has given strict instructions that nobody should take law in his hands.
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On Women’s Day, Sonia Gandhi reminds Narendra Modi of catchphrase ‘maximum governance’
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought an early passage of the “long-awaited” bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women. Sonia Gandhi said that the concept of “maximum governance” — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s catchphrase — would mean giving “women their rights”.
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Jat reservation: Haryana denies rapes by rioters; HC takes cognizance
Jat reservation: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday took cognizance of media reports that some women, who were commuting on the Delhi-Ambala highway (NH-1), had been allegedly stripped and raped by rioters during the violent Jat agitation.
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Jat reservation: Delhi hit by water crisis due to Haryana quota protests
Jat reservation: Delhi is on the verge of a severe water crisis with all its seven water treatment plants drying up after vandalisation by Jat protesters in Haryana forced closure of the Munak canal. The repercussions are already being felt in many parts of the national capital.
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Jat reservation row: Haryana tense as cops set to remove blockades by protesters
Jat reservation row: Haryana was on the tenterhooks on Monday as security forces moved in to get blockades by Jat protesters removed along highways and railway tracks.
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Arvind Kejriwal to Centre: Intervene, solve Delhi’s water woes
Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged the Narendra Modi government to get the Munak canal started in Haryana, saying the national capital had “completely run out of water”.
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Jat reservation: Haryana govt to bring bill on quota; Centre sets up committee
Seeking to douse the Jat stir,the Centre today set up a high-powered committee to examine their demand for quota in central jobs after a meeting with Jat leaders during which it was decided that a Bill will be moved in Haryana Assembly for giving OBC status to the community.
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Jat reservation: Protestors set BJP leader Capt Abhimanyu’s house on fire
Adamant on their agitation till a legislation giving quota to the community under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category is cleared, the protest by the Jat community intensified as they torched the house of Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu on Friday…
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Reservation review: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s view echoes in Gujarat HC’s Hardik Patel order
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat pitching for review of reservation may or may not have cost the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavily in the Bihar assembly elections, but this issue is certainly not going to take a back seat.
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Hardik Patel’s mother, sister detained during Gujarat CM’s rally
The police in Viramgam in the district today briefly detained the Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel’s mother Ushaben and his sister Monica along with six other women as they gathered to stage a protest at Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s election rally.
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From Hardik to Vasundhara, and Bhagwat
Rajasthan’s reservations for economically backward upper castes and RSS chief add heat to debate
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Gujarat police slap sedition charge against Hardik Patel’s aide over PM Modi remarks
In the first such action since Patel quota stir began, Gujarat police today slapped charges of sedition against a close aide of its spearhead Hardik Patel for allegedly circulating derogatory statements about Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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BJP indicates support for quotas for poor among upper castes
A day after Rajasthan assembly passed a bill for granting reservation to the poor in general category, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today indicated its support for affirmative action for the economically backward among upper castes.
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Reservations should be based on economic criteria: BJP MP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ch Dharambir, who represents Bhiwani-Mahendergarh constituency in Haryana, today said reservation should be based on economic criteria and not on caste.
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Now, court orders Gujarat govt to ‘find’ Hardik Patel
In a dramatic post-midnight development, the Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to find Hardik Patel, spearhead of Patel OBC quota stir, after an aide moved a habeas corpus petition alleging that Hardik had been illegally detained by police…
