The Lingayat vote-bank once firmly stood with the BJP and gave it core strength, slipped away in these elections. Congress managed to wrest 44 seats in Lingayat-dominated constituencies while BJP could only get 20 seats.
OBC reservation in UP: The chief minister's remarks came following the Allahabad High Court's judgment quashing the state government's December 5 notification for reservation of Other Backward Classes in the urban local body elections.
The bench quashed the draft notification issued by the Uttar Pradesh government on December 5 for reservation of Other Backward Classes in the urban local body elections.
A bench, headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, agreed to examine the plea on Wednesday this week. Senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, representing the state government, asked the bench to hear the state government's application for recall of the court's order.
The sudden resignation of Swami Prasad Maurya, who is considered a big OBC leader, from the Yogi government, and his decision to join Samajwadi Party just days ahead of UP Assembly election 2022 is certain to create ripples in the BJP.
All big leaders of the state will also give information about the steps taken by the government regarding backward classes.
OBC students' body expressed their gratitude towards the Union government for proposing the implementation of a 27 per cent quota for NEET.
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Leaders of Opposition parties have planned a protest march on Thursday against the curtailment of the monsoon session of Parliament.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a Constitution amendment bill to restore the powers of states to have their own lists of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educational institutions.
The Bill aims to restore the power that allowed the states and Union Territories (UTs) to prepare their own Other Backward Class (OBC) list.
Seven new ministers – more than one-fifth of the inclusion- are from Uttar Pradesh, which goes to the polls next year.
Addressing BJP workers during a protest held at Variety Square chowk as part of the party's 'chakka jam' (block the traffic) agitation for the restoration of OBC quota, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly alleged the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was misleading the people by saying that it will raise this issue in Parliament.
PNB has extend the validity of old cheque of account holders in Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India by three months.
The Odisha Assembly on Monday passed the State Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and a separate resolution, paving the way for conducting surveys of the social and economic condition of people belonging to backward classes.
The benefits being enjoyed by Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the rest of the country would be extended to the community members living in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Addressing a Dussehra rally organised in Maharashtra's Beed district, he said, "The previous governments in last 70 years could do nothing for the Other Backward Classes. It was Modi who formed the OBC commission to address their issues through the constitutional framework."
The merger is scheduled to come into force from April 1 next year.
General Administration Minister Govind Singh tabled the Madhya Pradesh Lok Seva (Anusuchit Jatiyon, Anusuchit Jan Jatiyon aur Anya Pichhade Vargon ke Liye Arakshan) Amendment Bill, 2019, that proposed increasing the reservation for the OBCs in jobs from the current 14 per cent to 27 per cent.
The Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) also said, in a report, that the income ceiling to determine the ‘creamy layer', should be revised periodically – three yearly or less.
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