All posts tagged: OBCs

`What PM Modi has done for the OBCs?, asks Rahul Gandhi in Maharashtra rally

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Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday addressed an election rally in Maharashtra`s Bhandara district. Targeting the Prime Minister, Gandhi said, “PM Modi says he belongs to Other Backward Classes; he should tell us what has he done for OBCs in last 10 years.” Gandhi also emphasised that caste census is important for the future of the country.  The Congress leader also promised that the farmers` loans will be waived off if the party comes to power. “Loans of farmers will be waived if the Congress comes to power. People are distressed due to unemployment and inflation. The union government is working for a few industrialists, while common people are getting nothing,” he claimed.  “Just 22 persons have wealth equivalent to that held by 50 per cent of the country`s population. But Modi only keeps talking about religion and tries to create enmity among castes and communities,” Gandhi alleged. He also claimed that the share prices of firms owned by Gautam Adani skyrocketed under the Modi regime, adding that Adani has …

Funds for marginalised groups: Rs 22 crore left unutilised in 2022-23 | Ahmedabad News

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Gujarat indicated at a better utilisation of funds provisioned for the development of SC, ST (Scheduled Tribes), and OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in 2022-23 compared to the previous year, even as Rs 22 crore was left unutilised of the Rs 3,000-odd crore that was allocated in the financial year 2022-23, the state government submitted in response to a question. In response to the question by Congress MLA Kanti Kharadi on budgetary provision utilisation of the Social Justice and Welfare Department for the amount provisioned for the development of SC, ST, and OBCs, the state submitted that of the Rs 2,470 crore provisioned in the budget in 2021-22, funds worth Rs 30.97 crore were left unutilised. The year 2022-23 saw a better utilisation – of Rs 3,085 crores provisioned in the budget, Rs 22 crores was left unutilised. The state government, giving its reasons for the non-utilisation of the budget, submitted that owing to COVID-19 in the year 2021-22, students were not in hostels, ashramshalas, government hostels, or residential schools, and coaching classes too were halted. …

People will teach the ‘Italian’ Rahul Gandhi a lesson for insulting Modi, OBCs: Maharashtra BJP chief Bawankule

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Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra’s BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday lambasted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remark that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “falsely” claimed to belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category, and accused the Congress MP of insulting OBCs across the country. Exhorting prominent OBC leaders within the Maharashtra Congress — like MPCC chief Nana Patole and Leader of Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar — to resign from the party over the “insult”, Mr. Bawankule said that the public would teach Mr. Gandhi a lesson in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The BJP leader was alluding to Mr. Gandhi’s remark made during the Odisha leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on Thursday, wherein the latter claimed that Mr. Modi was born in a family belonging to the general category. “Modi ji has been misleading the people by saying that he is an OBC. He was born in a family of the ‘Ghanchi’ caste, which was included in the OBC list during the BJP government’s tenure in …

Maharashtra BJP chief slams Rahul Gandhi for `insulting` PM Modi and OBCs

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Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and alleged that he has insulted the PM and the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the country, reported the PTI. He also said people would teach a lesson to Rahul Gandhi in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Chandrashekhar Bawankule was referring to the former Congress chief`s remarks made during his `Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra` on Thursday, wherein he said that PM Modi was born in a family that belonged to the general caste. “Modi ji has been misleading the people by saying that he is an OBC. He was born in a family of the `Ghanchi` caste, which was included in the OBC list during the BJP government`s tenure in Gujarat in 2000. He changed his caste to OBC after becoming the CM of Gujarat. Therefore, Modi ji is not an OBC by birth,” the Congress MP asserted in Odisha, as per the PTI. Members of the BJP`s OBC …

I resigned as minister last November; will fight for OBCs till end: Bhujbal

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Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal who has allegedly accused the state government of facilitating the backdoor entry of the Maratha community into the OBC quota, on Saturday reportedly disclosed that he had tendered his resignation from the state cabinet last November, reported the PTI. Addressing a rally in Maharashtra`s Ahmednagar, Chhagan Bhujbal, who belongs to the Ajit Pawar-led faction of the NCP, reiterated that he was not opposed to Marathas getting the reservation but is against sharing the existing OBC quota, as per the PTI. “Many leaders from the Opposition, even leaders from my government say that I should resign. Someone said Chhagan Bhujbal should be sacked from the Cabinet. I want to tell leaders from the Opposition, government, and my party that ahead of the OBC Elgar rally held in Ambad on November 17, I resigned from the cabinet on November 16 and then went to attend that event,” he said, according to the PTI. Chhagan Bhujbal further said he kept quiet for more than two months because the chief minister and the Dy CM …

Vokkaliga leaders demand 12% reservation in govt jobs and college admissions | Bengaluru

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PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath Karnataka ministers and BJP legislators belonging to the dominant Vokkaliga community on Friday demanded 12 per cent reservation in admission in the state educational institutions and government jobs. Under the leadership of state Revenue Minister R Ashoka, they submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here. Along with the call for reservations, the leaders also put forth some other demands for the welfare of the community. The Vokkaligas come under the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Karnataka.. “Today, we submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister to increase our reservation from four per cent to 12 per cent. Though our population is 16 per cent, we want 12 per cent reservation,” Ashoka told reporters after submitting the memorandum. There are many people in the peasant community which is living in abject poverty, Ashoka said adding that many Vokkaligas lost their land to various development projects and are financially weak. According to state Health Minister K Sudhakar, the Vokkaliga ministers and MLAs had a meeting under the …