Caste Politics
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Bihar reservation politics: Will caste census influence voter choices in upcoming polls? Explained
Bihar | Oct 25, 2025, 05:01 PM ISTBihar reservation politics: Bihar's recent caste census has cemented backward and marginalised groups as the clear demographic majority, fundamentally shifting the reservation debate and increasing their political leverage.
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Raj Thackeray accuses Sharad Pawar of promoting caste politics in Maharashtra
Maharashtra | Nov 10, 2024, 07:53 AM ISTMaharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief claimed that casteism is creating differences in society in the western state.
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Muqabla | With Uttar Pradesh polls in mind, political parties makes OBC-Dalit outreach
News | Aug 03, 2021, 07:35 PM ISTBefore the elections to be held next year in Uttar Pradesh, all the political parties have started preparing to try their luck. The interesting thing is that whichever the party may be, this time their target is 'Brahmin and Dalit Vote Bank'.
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Do Lok Sabha results mark end of 'caste politics' in Uttar Pradesh?
India | May 23, 2019, 04:17 PM ISTThe BJP, however, upset all calculations when it focused its attention on non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits. The party quietly wooed these caste groups and turned the arithmetic around. Prime Minister Narendra Modi created a class war that replaced caste war when he said, "My caste is the caste of the poor."
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Kejriwal meets agitating students, attacks Irani for 'caste politics'
National | Jan 21, 2016, 03:30 PM ISTHyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today visited Hyderabad and met students protesting at Hyderabad Central University in the backdrop of the suicide of Rohith Vemula.Terming the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at the premier
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Upper caste can't become Bihar Chief Minister: Giriraj Singh
National | Jul 17, 2015, 09:00 PM ISTPatna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said a person belonging to the upper caste cannot become Bihar chief minister after the upcoming assembly polls in the state."An upper caste cannot become chief minister of
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Rahul Warns People About Caste Politics
India | Nov 02, 2011, 09:38 PM ISTMirzapur/ Bhadohi (UP), Nov 2: As Uttar Pradesh gears up for next year's Assembly polls, Rahul Gandhi today warned people against those indulging in caste politics and told them it was time a Congress government
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Lingayat Leaders In Cong Assail Yeddyurappa Caste Politics
National | Nov 23, 2010, 08:52 PM ISTBangalore, Nov 23: Lingayat leaders in Karnataka unit of Congress led by former Deputy Chief Minister M P Prakash today took a swipe at Chief Minister B S Yeddyruappa's attempt to drum up support of