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‘We booked these seats on purpose’: Man refuses to swap reserved train seats so family can sit together

‘We booked these seats on purpose’: Man refuses to swap reserved train seats so family can sit together

‘A train passenger has sparked a discussion about travel etiquette after refusing to exchange his carefully selected seats with a family that wanted to sit together. The man said he had booked the seats in advance and did not believe he should be expected to give them up simply because another group wanted adjoining seats. A man kept his reserved train seat despite a family’s request, prompting mixed reactions online. (Representational image/Gemini AI generated) (Also read: ‘Suhagrat Express’ video deleted: Decorator booked over bedroom-style decor in 1st AC coupe) Sharing the incident on Reddit, the passenger explained that he follows a simple personal rule when faced with requests he does not wish to accept. “I have a personal rule: if I don’t want to do something, I’ll say no. No fake smiles, no guilt, just a polite ‘no’,” he wrote. Family asks passenger to exchange seats The man said he and his companion had booked seats in the train’s AC Chair Car in advance because they specifically wanted seats facing each other, along with a …

SC questions reservation benefits for children of advanced families in backward classes

SC questions reservation benefits for children of advanced families in backward classes

Observing that with educational and economic empowerment there is social mobility, the Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea challenging a Karnataka High Court judgment which upheld the exclusion of the petitioner, whose parents are both state government employees, from reservation. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

‘Yadav bharti’ to ‘reservation audit’: Amid UP job vacancies row, SP flips narrative on BJP | Political Pulse News

‘Yadav bharti’ to ‘reservation audit’: Amid UP job vacancies row, SP flips narrative on BJP | Political Pulse News

As hundreds of aspirants from Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities crawled on their bellies in the scorching heat outside Uttar Pradesh Education Minister Sandeep Singh’s residence in Lucknow on Monday, the Samajwadi Party (SP) moved swiftly to fold the protest into its broader political pitch through the “PDA Arakshan Audit” ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. The visuals from the protest over the stalled 69,000 assistant teachers’ recruitment process have provided fresh ammunition to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s ongoing “PDA Aarakshan Audit” campaign. Through the initiative, the party is attempting to reclaim the social justice narrative and consolidate non-Yadav OBCs, Most Backward Classes (MBCs), Dalits and minorities under its PDA — Pichda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak — umbrella. For years, the BJP accused the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP government of promoting “Yadav bharti” — favouring members of the Yadav community in government recruitment and postings between 2012 and 2017. The narrative is widely seen to have helped the BJP consolidate non-Yadav OBCs and MBCs, while also expanding its support among non-Jatav Dalits. In a …

CM Rekha Gupta leads BJP MLAs’ protest demanding implementation of Women’s Reservation Act

CM Rekha Gupta leads BJP MLAs’ protest demanding implementation of Women’s Reservation Act

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta led a protest of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators at the Assembly premises on Tuesday, ahead of a one-day special session to discuss the unsuccessful passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament.  During the special sitting of the Assembly, BJP MLAs, along with the Chief Minister, staged a demonstration in the Assembly complex demanding implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Act). Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Congress seeks all-party talks on women’s reservation without delimitation in LS

Congress seeks all-party talks on women’s reservation without delimitation in LS

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday demanded an all-party meeting to discuss the implementation of Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures. In an X post, Jairam Ramesh called for the implementation of reservation for women`s reservation with the existing 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, reiterating an opposition to the delimitation exercise. Noting the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha, the Congress leader wrote, “Now that the election campaign is over and his mischievous move to ram through a diabolical delimitation of the Lok Sabha has failed miserably because of Opposition unity and solidarity, it is time for the PM to do what the Opposition has been unitedly and consistently demanding since mid-March 2026.” “An all-party meeting should be convened to discuss how the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, (that was finally notified in panic only in the late hours of April 16 2026) can be put into effect with the existing strength of …

‘No difference between Kauravas and Congress members’: M.P. CM on women’s reservation row

‘No difference between Kauravas and Congress members’: M.P. CM on women’s reservation row

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav | Photo Credit: ANI Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday compared the Congress party with the Kauravas from the Mahabharata over the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which sought to make delimitation a prerequisite to implement the women’s reservation, in the Lok Sabha.  Addressing a government event in Sagar district’s Nariavali, Mr. Yadav slammed the Opposition party by alleging that it had “thwarted” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans to empower women. Published – April 24, 2026 04:28 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Congress to strongly push for OBC quota in women`s reservation law

Congress to strongly push for OBC quota in women`s reservation law

The Congress will strongly push for including OBCs in the women’s quota in legislatures and raise this demand from various platforms prominently going forward. This assertion was made at a meeting of the party’s National OBC Congress Advisory Council in which Rahul Gandhi, former chief ministers Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) and Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), party general secretary Sachin Pilot and OBC Department chairperson Anil ‘JaiHind’ Yadav participated. The meeting was held at the party headquarters here. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at PM Modi over Women’s Reservation Bill defeat

Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at PM Modi over Women’s Reservation Bill defeat

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday claimed it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who “killed” the Constitution Amendment Bill to implement women’s quota in legislatures from 2029. Taking a jibe at the PM for campaigning extensively across West Bengal for the Assembly polls, he asked whether Modi wished to become the chief minister of the state. On Modi accusing the Congress and other opposition parties of committing “foeticide” after the bill to implement 33 per cent women’s reservation in legislatures in 2029 derailed in the Lok Sabha, Kharge said, “It is you [Modi] who killed the women’s reservation bill; we fought against the Delimitation Bill and not against the bill on women’s quota.” Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Kamal Haasan urges Centre to implement women’s reservation bill without linking it to delimitation

Kamal Haasan urges Centre to implement women’s reservation bill without linking it to delimitation

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan has a special request for the Union Government. The actor expressed concern about women empowerment and urged the Union Government to convene another special session of the Parliament to implement a 33% reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies immediately. Kamal Haasan during a campaign in support of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin in the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)(PTI04_17_2026_000469A) (PTI) What did Kamal Haasan say? Taking to his X account, Kamal wrote a long note, stating that coupling women’s reservation with delimitation risks creating regional imbalances. He backed a new Private Member’s Bill introduced by P Wilson and shared a statement on the ramifications of bringing in delimitation. He began, “After the historic fall of delimitation-linked 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, my colleague @PWilsonDMK has introduced a Private Member’s Bill to implement 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, without linking it to delimitation. The Bill also proposes extending the freeze on delimitation till 2051, giving states time …

BJP using women’s reservation as ‘political shield’ for divisive motives: Supriya Shrinate| India News

BJP using women’s reservation as ‘political shield’ for divisive motives: Supriya Shrinate| India News

New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of using women’s reservation as a “political shield” for divisive motives. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate says BJP is “rattled” after bill setback Speaking at a press briefing at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office on Sunday, Shrinate said that the ruling party is “rattled” because the opposition has exposed their “conspiracies.” A Constitution amendment bill to expand the size of the Lok Sabha and fast-track 33% reservation for women failed to garner the required two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a 30-minute address to the nation on Saturday evening said the Congress was a parasite on regional parties and opposed to any kind of reform because of selfish politics and insecurity. He added that the four main opposition parties—the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Trinamool Congress and the DMK— that helped block the amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will face the consequences. “It (bill) was brought with good intention, honesty and was …