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Should the 50 % legal ceiling on reservation be reconsidered?

The Hindu Parley podcast discusses whether the 50% legal ceiling on reservation should be removed in the wake of the Bihar caste survey results

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Bihar: "Will discuss data of caste survey during assembly session," says CM Nitish Kumar

Amid the political uproar over the caste census in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that the data of the caste survey will be discussed after the commencement of the Assembly Session. Read further on dynamitev news;

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Caste survey report Nitish Kumar’s final attempt, says Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor claims Nitish Kumar's caste survey is final attempt at political survival, says if JD(U) wins 5 seats he'll apologize. Opposition leaders criticize survey, BJP claims it's fake, SBSP calls it a bundle of lies. Kishor says Nitish and Tejashwi control government and have taken everyone's share.

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Congress govt in Karnataka will publish caste census report once it’s submitted: Siddaramaiah

The Congress Working Committee following a four-hour long discussion on October 9, unanimously adopted a resolution to support the idea of a caste census

The Hindu

A census for a new deal

The Bihar caste survey inaugurates not the re-enaction of the old Mandal politics of narrow caste-based patronage, but the coming-of-age of a subordinate class-based politics

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In favour of caste-based census, says U.P. BJP Lok Sabha member

U.P. Deputy Chief Minister, and Other Backward Classes (OBC) leader, Keshav Prasad Maurya also said that he is personally not against caste census, but added the Opposition parties in the State are using the issue as a tool for vote bank politics.

The Hindu

Maratha agitation vs OBC backlash | BJP between a rock and a hard place

Maratha quota agitation intensifies, forcing govt to expedite process; OBCs fear benefits being taken away. BJP launches 'OBC Jagar Yatra' to assuage OBCs, but faces challenge from Congress in Vidarbha. BJP's OBC vote-bank shifted during Fadnavis' tenure, with OBC leaders blaming him for their defeats.

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The impact of the Bihar caste survey | Explained

Bihar govt. publishes caste survey report, showing EBCs & OBCs make up 63% of population. Report likely to increase reservation quota & revive 'mandal vs kamandal' politics. Ruling coalition parties say they will review welfare schemes for poor & marginalised sections.

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With Bihar caste survey, Nitish Kumar has set the national agenda, says JD(U) chief

The Bihar government will soon release the socio-economic profile of the caste groups too

The Hindu

BJP’s allies in U.P. join the Opposition in demanding caste census

UP govt. faces pressure to conduct caste census from allies, Opposition; BJP banking on PM Modi's face, outreach among OBCs to counter challenge.

The Hindu

Caste census offers a self-propagating campaign for the Opposition

Opposition has been handed a self-propagating campaign to fuel their 2024 election campaign. It provides an agenda that resonates with a significant section of the population, confronts PM Modi's pro-OBC image and reinvents caste-based politics. It puts OBCs at 63%, EBCs at 36%. INDIA bloc to hold rally in Patna…

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If PM Modi claims to be an OBC leader, why can’t he conduct a caste survey, asks Congress

Addressing a press conference at the All India Congress Committee headquarters, Capt Ajay Yadav (retired), who heads the party’s OBC department, asserted that the Bihar caste survey would change the direction of politics as well as policy.

The Hindu

VCK leader Thirumavalavan demands caste survey in T.N.

VCK founder Thirumavalavan claims Bihar survey reveals upper castes enjoy 50% reservations, while 63% of backward classes confined to 30%. Demands Union govt enact law to grant powers to States to make laws on reservations. Urges TN govt to conduct caste survey, increase SC/ST reservations to 21%. Criticizes Union govt…

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Front pages on Bihar’s caste survey: How Nitish ‘stole a march’ over BJP and Congress

The results of the Bihar caste survey are out. OBCs comprise 27 percent of the state’s population while EBCs make up 36 percent – a total of 63 percent. Hindus make up over 80 percent of the population and Muslims a little over 17 percent.

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Bihar’s political arithmetic in the aftermath of the caste-based survey

With the release of caste-based survey, the EBC politics will have an upper edge in Bihar as their number has increased from 30% to 36%.

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INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for nationwide caste census

Reacting to the release of the Bihar caste survey, Rahul Gandhi on October 2 reiterated that the rights of a community should be in proportion to its numbers in a society.

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Bihar caste survey results may open door to challenging 50% ceiling on reservations

With the EBCs accounting for 36% of Bihar’s population, and Nitish Kumar being credited for fashioning a support base from this category in the last two decades, his claims to the top chair in the INDIA bloc will be hard to ignore.

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BRS asks PM to spell out stand on bifurcation assurances to Telangana

BRS MLC K. Kavitha urges PM Modi to announce assurances given to Telangana in AP Reorganisation Act before visit. Demands implementation of Women's Reservation Bill & accuses Cong of not including OBC quota. Criticises Rahul Gandhi's dream of Cong coming to power in Telangana.

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Cabinet recommends OBC tag for Kunchitiga community

The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to recommend to the Central government the inclusion of the Kunchitiga community, a sub-caste of the Vokkaligas, in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list for providing reservation to the community in jobs and seats in educational institutions.

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100 per cent regret: Rahul Gandhi on UPA’s inability to bring women’s reservation bill with OBC sub-quota

Congress regrets not including OBC quota in Women's Reservation Bill in 2010. Rahul Gandhi claims BJP's Bill is a distraction from demand for caste census. He was "shocked" to see under-representation of OBCs, SC/STs in bureaucracy. Congress now part of INDIA alliance, pushing for OBC quota.

The Hindu

In OBC pitch, Rahul Gandhi rests Congress hopes

Mr. Gandhi himself led the charge in the Lok Sabha, accusing the BJP of excluding OBC communities from power. Only three of the 90 Secretaries in the Union government were from the OBC category, he pointed out.

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RJD stands alone in demand for sending women’s reservation bill to House panel

RJD’S Manoj K. Jha asserted that more than a joyous welcome of the legislation that could pave way for more representation for the women, the narrative is about the government being anti-OBC.

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Took a stand for inclusion of OBC and Muslim women, Asaduddin Owaisi on voting against women’s quota Bill

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said his party voted against the Bill to take a stand against the non-inclusion of OBC quota in the provisions of the Bill as well as the rights of minority women

The Hindu

Delimitation debate: gender vs regional, caste identities

Shift of political power from south to north, east & women, diminishing say of States, population growth faster in BJP strongholds, pan-India identities of religion, class & gender, women's reservation unites parties, OBCs resist, BJP subsumes caste identity in Hindutva, gender complicates politics of caste & region, BJP seeks further…

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Jamaat seeks quota for Muslim women, OBCs

The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has demanded reservation for both OBCs and Muslim women

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