Mandal Commission

Why 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections may mark the end of Mayawati’s illustrious political career

Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party seem to have reached a point of terminal decline from where a political comeback appears highly improbable

Need for caste-based census driven by social concerns, not political, claims Nitish Kumar

The Bihar chief minister hinted that his government could consider holding a state-specific survey of castes though a census if there were no alternative left

Centre to challenge order on minority sub-quota

The Union law minister was hopeful that this matter would be referred to a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.

Reservations for Marathas being 'deliberately delayed' in Maharashtra, claims BJP MP Udayanraje Bhosale

Bhosale, hitting out at the Uddhav Thackeray dispensation for "not taking the issue ahead", claimed that "the state government lawyer" missed a Supreme Court hearing and that the "community will react to such tactics"

SC says hard for elected govt to have 'political will' to meet with challenges of reservation; strikes down 100% ST quota in scheduled areas

It is very hard for an elected government to have the 'political will' to meet the challenges arising out of the reservation scenario wherein neither the lists of those entitled have been reviewed nor the quota provisions have come to an end, the Supreme Court has observed.

St Stephen's students boycott classes for first time in 30 years with JNU protesters, anti-CAA and NRC demonstrators, read Preamble to Constitution

Over a hundred students from St Stephen's College boycotted their classes, for the first time in 30 years, and marched with posters chanting slogans of Azadi in solidiarity with JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia, AMU and anti-CAA-NRC protesters

Anurag Kashyap apologises, clarifies stance on reservations after being labelled 'casteist' on Twitter

Several Twitter users have criticised Anurag Kashyap for participating in the Mandal commission protests, accusing him of being a casteist

Quota Bill: Modi government's 10% reservation for the 'poor' is regressive and a fraud against the Constitution

When it takes effect, the government’s new move raises the level of quota to 60 percent.

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Narendra Modi caught his opponents off-guard and left them with just one choice: Applaud his masterstroke with a tinge of envy.

Modi's 10% quota plan: PM's switch hit has reverse-Mandalised Indian politics, caught Opposition off-guard

Narendra Modi has not just reversed the direction of the political narrative by offering 10 percent reservation for upper castes, but also changed his stance on the issue, to hit the prevailing Mandal logic out of the park