Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule release Maha Vikas Aghadi’s manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai, Sunday (November 10, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched the joint manifesto for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for the upcoming … Read more
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy reviewed the proposed caste survey at his residence on Sunday night. It was attended by ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Damodar Raja Narsimha, D. Sridhar Babu, TPCC president and MLC Mahesh Kumar Goud and senior officials. As the caste survey begins on November 6 in Telangana, Chief Minister A. Revanth … Read more
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday reiterated his demand and the importance of conducting a nationwide caste census, saying it was not just a census but served as a foundation for effective policymaking. Addressing a Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, Rahul Gandhi stated that 90 per cent of the … Read more
JSP president Pawan Kalyan addressing a gathering as TDP national president looks on, during a joint campaign of TDP-BJP-JSP alliance at Tanuku in West Godavari district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement NIDADAVOLE (EAST GODAVARI) TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is trying to drive … Read more
Congress manifesto committee, headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, is scheduled to have a meeting on March 4 to discuss the draft manifesto, which is in its final stages. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing … Read more
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating the valedictory session of the 10th Mujahid State conference at Karipur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN The four-day 10th Mujahid State conference organised by the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) Marakazu Dahwa concluded at Karipur near Kondotty on Sunday making a clarion call for a caste census to ensure … Read more
With just two days left for the extended tenure of the chairman of Karnataka Permanent Commission for Backward Classes, K. Jayaprakash Hegde, to end, it is now learnt that he is likely to seek a little more time to complete the socio economic survey (census) report before it is submitted to the government. Sources in … Read more
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) demanded that the state government should come forward to carry out caste-based survey in Tamil Nadu. In a statement, PMK Founder S Ramadoss pointed out that Bihar conducted a caste-based census and the reservation has been enhanced to 75% from 60%. Based on the survey … Read more
Telugu Desam Party BC Sadhikara Committee convener Boina Govindarajulu. File | Photo Credit: Arrangement Representatives of communities such as Backward Classes (BC), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) asked the Andhra Pradesh government to conduct a comprehensive caste survey by gathering information on socioeconomic conditions of these people since caste data alone would not … Read more
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a public meeting in support of party candidate RR Bansal ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in Tikamgarh on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh that the Congress is a “clever” party and it … Read more