Muslim Quota

Telangana Assembly passes bill to hike quota for economically backward Muslims amid ruckus; BJP MLAs suspended

With all the five BJP members suspended for the day, the Telangana assembly on Sunday unanimously passed a bill to hike the reservation quota for backward Muslims and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) to 12 and 10 percent respectively.

Telangana: Bill to hike quota for economically backward Muslims moved in state Assembly

Telangana CM clarified that the reservations were being provided purely on the basis of socio-economic backwardness and not on the basis of religion or caste as some parties were trying to mislead people.

Muslim quota: Opposition parties in Maha unite, burn copies of order

Joining hands against the BJP-Shiv Sena regime's decision to scrap five per cent reservation for Muslims, opposition parties in Maharashtra today staged a protest outside the Assembly and burnt copies of the order brought out by the Devendra Fadnavis government.

Not just job reservations: Maharashtra govt scraps education reservation for Muslims

Muslims will not get the five percent reservations in Maharashtra government jobs as announced by the erstwhile Congress-NCP government just before Assembly polls last year, it was officially announced in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Cong was never serious about Muslim quota: SP leader

The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has blamed the Congress for failing to get reservation for Muslims.

Trinamool demands Beni be debarred from campaigning in UP

In an indication that the relations between the two coalition partners has touched a further low, TMC leader Sultan Ahmed also rejected Congress contention that the Model Code of Coduct does not have a statutory status.

JD(U) slams Khurshid's quota stand

Khurshid had made the promise of nine per cent sub-quota for Muslims within the existing 27 percent OBC quota.