Tag: OBCs

  • Did Congress Give Reservation To Muslims Under OBC Quota In Karnataka As Claimed By PM Modi? |

    NEW DELHI: A day ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attacked the Congress government in Karnataka for its decision to categorise the entire Muslim community in the state under the OBC category. The Prime Minister has warned that the main opposition party will implement this model in the entire nation. “Congress government in Karnataka declared all the people of the Muslim community in Karnataka as OBC. Congress already added so many new people into the OBC community that earlier OBCs used to get reservations in education and government jobs but now these reservations they used to get have been secretly snatched away from them,” PM said while addressing a rally in Morena, Madhya Pradesh.

    During his speech, the Prime Minister went on to say that when Congress was at the Centre in 2011, it had decided to give away a part of OBC reservation on religious lines.

    “On December 19, 2011, a note was run in the cabinet which mentioned that a part of 27 per cent OBC must be given to a specific religion. Later, the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck the decision of Congress. They went to Supreme Court but they also upheld the decision of Andhra HC. In 2014, they again mentioned in their manifesto if the reservation has to be given on the religious lines then they will go ahead with it,” the PM said.

    “Here in Madhya Pradesh, those getting the benefit of reservations such as Yadavs, Khushwahas, Gujjars and other backward classes, all your reservations will go away to their favourite vote bank. They want to implement this model in the whole country,” PM Modi warned in Morena.

     

    ‘मजहबी आरक्षण’ पर पीएम का ‘प्रहार’…जानिए, PM मोदी ने कर्नाटक सरकार पर आरक्षण को लेकर क्यों किया ‘वार’?#PMModi #LokSabhaElections2024 #Congress | @priyasi90 pic.twitter.com/40xbW95Ar3
    — Zee News (@ZeeNews) April 25, 2024

     

    Labelling the Congress as the “biggest enemy of the OBCs”, PM Modi said, “Once again, Congress has granted religious-based reservation in Karnataka by including all Muslim castes along with the OBCs through the backdoor. This move has deprived a significant portion of the reservation from the OBC community.”

    Siddaramaiah’s Counter-Attack On PM

    However, in a sharp rebuttal to PM Modi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended the Muslim quota and said the claim that the Congress had “transferred” the reservation from backward classes to Muslims was a “blatant lie”. Siddaramaiah also questioned whether former Prime Minister Deve Gowda still stood by his support for quotas for Muslims as he initiated the measure or “surrender to Narendra Modi”.

    “Is Deve Gowda, who once boasted of implementing the reservation for Muslims, still committed to his stand? Or will they surrender to Narendra Modi and change their previous stand? He should make it clear to the people of the state,” Siddaramaiah said.

     

    Prime Minister @narendramodi’s claim that the Congress has transferred the reservation quota from backward classes and Dalits to Muslims is a blatant lie.

    It stems from ignorance but also indicative of his desperation born from a fear of defeat. No leader in the history of our… pic.twitter.com/626QZpRVJ0
    — Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 24, 2024

     

    NCBC Flags Karnataka’s Muslim OBC Quota

    Adding fuel to the fire, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) chairperson Hansraj Ahir has questioned Karnataka’s policy categorising all Muslims as a backward class. Ahir said the state chief secretary would be summoned for not submitting the report based on which Muslims were included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category on the grounds of religion.

    Ahir claimed that the Congress-led Karnataka government’s OBC reservation policy is depriving people of other backward classes of their rights. This comes days before the first round of polling in the state for the Lok Sabha on 26 April. According to the 2011 Census, Muslims constitute 12.92 per cent of the population in Karnataka.  

     

    As per the data from Karnataka government, all castes and communities of Muslims of Karnataka have been included in the list of OBCs for reservation in employment and educational institutions under the state govt. Under Category II-B, all Muslims of Karnataka state have been… pic.twitter.com/eh1IYF3FX0
    — ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2024

     

    What Is The Current Reservation Status?

    The Karnataka government provides 32 per cent reservation to OBCs under five categories — Category I, Category II-A, Category II-B, Category III-A and Category III-B.

    According to the state’s policy, all Muslims in Karnataka are considered socially and educationally backwards under Category II-B. In addition, they also get OBC quota benefits under two other categories; 17 Muslim communities have been listed in Category I and 19 Muslim communities in Category II-A.

    The Muslim quota under OBC category became a flashpoint during the assembly elections in Karnataka last year. In March 2023, the then BJP government scrapped 4 per cent OBC quota for Muslims (under Category II-B) and distributed 2 per cent each to two dominant communities — Vokkaligas and Lingayats. However, the state government’s notification was challenged in the Supreme Court, which stayed its implementation.  

    Who Implemented The Quota For Muslims In Karnataka First?

    A deeper dive into official records reveals the origins of the Muslim quota in Karnataka dating back to 1995 under the leadership of HD Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal government. Interestingly, the same party, JD(S), is now in alliance with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The decision, initiated by the HD Deve Gowda government, allocated 4% reservation to Muslims in Karnataka under a distinct classification, 2B, within the OBC quota.

    According to an order dated February 14, 1995, issued by the Karnataka government, this move was based on recommendations from the Chinnappa Reddy Commission Report and aligned with the Supreme Court’s directive to limit overall reservations to 50 per cent.

    The Reddy Commission suggested grouping Muslims under Category 2 in the OBC list. Acting upon this recommendation, the Congress government led by Veerappa Moily announced, through orders dated April 20 and April 25, 1994, a six per cent reservation in Category 2B, labeled as “More Backward,” for Muslims, Buddhists, and Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity.

    While four per cent of the reservation was allocated to Muslims, the remaining two per cent was designated for Buddhists and SCs who converted to Christianity. The implementation of this reservation was set to commence on October 24, 1994.

    However, the reservation faced legal challenges in the Supreme Court. An interim order issued on September 9, 1994, directed the Karnataka government to ensure that overall reservations did not exceed 50 per cent, inclusive of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and OBCs. Consequently, the Congress government led by Veerappa Moily collapsed on December 11, 1994, before implementing the order, facing a political crisis.

    HD Deve Gowda assumed office as Chief Minister on December 11, 1994. On February 14, 1995, he implemented the previous government’s quota decision with amendments in accordance with the Supreme Court’s interim verdict.

    SCs who converted to Christianity and Buddhism, previously categorized under 2B, were reclassified into Category 1 and 2A respectively, in the same order. Under the 2B quota, four per cent of seats in educational institutions and state government jobs were reserved for Muslims.

    The OBC quota for Muslims under Category II-B persisted even after the Congress came to power. In July 2023, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) raised concerns about the reservation policy during a field visit to the state.

  • Energy Video games: Govt more likely to elevate Lok Sabha energy to 848

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    Govt more likely to elevate Lok Sabha energy to 848

    India’s new standing as the arena’s maximum populous nation and the development of the brand new parliament construction with a seating capability of 888 within the Lok Sabha has introduced the focal point again to putting in place a brand new delimitation fee to extend the choice of seats within the Lok Sabha. The seat revision was once remaining performed throughout the thirty first Constitutional modification of 1973 when the choice of Lok Sabha seats larger from 524 to 545. A choice was once taken in 1976 to freeze the Lok Sabha energy for the following 25 years. The LS energy was once frozen for any other 25 years in 2001.

    A brand new delimitation fee is now due in 2026. Resources stated that putting in place a brand new fee would quickly get started. The problem sooner than the federal government can be to be sure that the states that experience effectively applied the circle of relatives making plans programmes and saved their inhabitants beneath test don’t get deprived in redistributing seats. Professionals say that the federal government must amend Article 81 of the Charter, which mandates an equivalent choice of constituents for constituencies around the nation and evolve a brand new method for the redistribution of seats amongst states. As according to the current inhabitants, if seats are dispensed as according to the outdated method, the choice of Lok Sabha seats will most likely pass as much as 848, with Uttar Pradesh bagging 143 seats, whilst Kerala stays at 20 seats—the provide quantity. The southern states have flagged the problem, and the federal government is operating on reconciling the want to elevate the energy of MPs and doing justice to states that experience exercised inhabitants self-discipline. 

    Bihar Technique
    BJP construction rainbow coalition of caste events

    The BJP management is busy enforcing its vastly a success Uttar Pradesh technique in Bihar. In UP, whilst the dominant caste a few of the OBCs – Yadavs – in large part subsidized the Samajwadi Birthday celebration and the dominant SC caste, Jatav, subsidized the Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration, the BJP constructed a robust coalition of all non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav SCs. The tactic labored magic for the BJP, sweeping the state in successive elections. The birthday celebration is now running to enforce the similar technique in Bihar. Whilst Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar and deputy leader minister Tejashwi Yadav command the toughen of the 2 dominant castes, Yadavs and Kurmis, the BJP has determined to win over the smaller caste leaders.

    Amongst them are former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, former Bihar leader minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, overdue Ram Vilas Paswan’s son Chirag Paswan, his uncle Pashupatinath Paras and VIP Birthday celebration leader Mukesh Sahni. Kushwaha, who had surrender High Minister Narendra Modi’s ministry to merge his birthday celebration with Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), hoping to emerge as his successor, is already headed again to the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance. He determined to depart the JD(U) after Nitish made it transparent that within the tournament of his go out as leader minister, the management of the JD(U)-RJD alliance would go directly to his deputy leader minister, Tejashwi Yadav. Kushwaha has now shaped a brand new birthday celebration referred to as the Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, which, in step with resources, will contest the following Lok Sabha election in alliance with the BJP. Some other Bihar chief who has determined to sign up for palms with the BJP is Chirag Paswan. Chirag’s Lok Janshakti Birthday celebration (Ram Vilas) had fought the remaining meeting election independently, with in all probability a tacit working out with the BJP. He has now determined to go into into an alliance with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP may be in contact with Manjhi and Sahni, who’re at this time with the ruling coalition within the state however are able to modify.

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    Govt more likely to elevate Lok Sabha energy to 848

    India’s new standing as the arena’s maximum populous nation and the development of the brand new parliament construction with a seating capability of 888 within the Lok Sabha has introduced the focal point again to putting in place a brand new delimitation fee to extend the choice of seats within the Lok Sabha. The seat revision was once remaining performed throughout the thirty first Constitutional modification of 1973 when the choice of Lok Sabha seats larger from 524 to 545. A choice was once taken in 1976 to freeze the Lok Sabha energy for the following 25 years. The LS energy was once frozen for any other 25 years in 2001.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    A brand new delimitation fee is now due in 2026. Resources stated that putting in place a brand new fee would quickly get started. The problem sooner than the federal government can be to be sure that the states that experience effectively applied the circle of relatives making plans programmes and saved their inhabitants beneath test don’t get deprived in redistributing seats. Professionals say that the federal government must amend Article 81 of the Charter, which mandates an equivalent choice of constituents for constituencies around the nation and evolve a brand new method for the redistribution of seats amongst states. As according to the current inhabitants, if seats are dispensed as according to the outdated method, the choice of Lok Sabha seats will most likely pass as much as 848, with Uttar Pradesh bagging 143 seats, whilst Kerala stays at 20 seats—the provide quantity. The southern states have flagged the problem, and the federal government is operating on reconciling the want to elevate the energy of MPs and doing justice to states that experience exercised inhabitants self-discipline. 

    Bihar Technique
    BJP construction rainbow coalition of caste events

    The BJP management is busy enforcing its vastly a success Uttar Pradesh technique in Bihar. In UP, whilst the dominant caste a few of the OBCs – Yadavs – in large part subsidized the Samajwadi Birthday celebration and the dominant SC caste, Jatav, subsidized the Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration, the BJP constructed a robust coalition of all non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav SCs. The tactic labored magic for the BJP, sweeping the state in successive elections. The birthday celebration is now running to enforce the similar technique in Bihar. Whilst Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar and deputy leader minister Tejashwi Yadav command the toughen of the 2 dominant castes, Yadavs and Kurmis, the BJP has determined to win over the smaller caste leaders.

    Amongst them are former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, former Bihar leader minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, overdue Ram Vilas Paswan’s son Chirag Paswan, his uncle Pashupatinath Paras and VIP Birthday celebration leader Mukesh Sahni. Kushwaha, who had surrender High Minister Narendra Modi’s ministry to merge his birthday celebration with Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), hoping to emerge as his successor, is already headed again to the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance. He determined to depart the JD(U) after Nitish made it transparent that within the tournament of his go out as leader minister, the management of the JD(U)-RJD alliance would go directly to his deputy leader minister, Tejashwi Yadav. Kushwaha has now shaped a brand new birthday celebration referred to as the Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, which, in step with resources, will contest the following Lok Sabha election in alliance with the BJP. Some other Bihar chief who has determined to sign up for palms with the BJP is Chirag Paswan. Chirag’s Lok Janshakti Birthday celebration (Ram Vilas) had fought the remaining meeting election independently, with in all probability a tacit working out with the BJP. He has now determined to go into into an alliance with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP may be in contact with Manjhi and Sahni, who’re at this time with the ruling coalition within the state however are able to modify.

  • Exclusion of SCs, STs and OBCs from EWS reservation violates proper to equivalent alternative: SC

    The judges, a part of a five-judge charter bench, learn 4 separate judgments for over 35 mins within the court docket.

  • INTERVIEW | Now not handiest OBCs, all castes will have to be counted in census: Ramdas Athawale

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    The Centre remaining week gave an extension to a panel analyzing sub-categorization of Different Backward Categories (OBCs) for some other six months. That is the thirteenth extension since its formation in 2017. Former Leader Justice of the Delhi Prime Court docket G Rohini, thus, has time till January 31, 2023 for the big paintings.

    The call for for the sub-categorization stems from the truth that just a handful of overall OBC communities get a significant bite of the reserved jobs and seats in instructional institutes.

    In an interview to Preetha Nair, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale speaks in regards to the standing of the Rohini Fee and the will for a national caste census.

    Excerpts from the interview:

    The Fee’s tenure is prolonged till subsequent yr. Why is the document not on time?
    The Rohini Fee was once shaped by means of the Social Justice Ministry in 2017 to subcategorize round 5,000 sub-castes a few of the OBCs. It’s an onerous process to verify equitable distribution of advantages of reservation a few of the castes or communities within the class of Central record of OBCs. The fee remains to be finding out quite a lot of facets of it. Since this is a complicated matter, the fee has to seek the advice of states.

    The affect is that just a phase of prosperous OBCs will get a lion’s proportion of the advantages. Is the federal government cautious of dropping beef up of sure OBCs?
    I’m really not conscious about the findings of the Fee. As soon as its document is able, it must be mentioned with states. The suggestions additionally want the approval of the Cupboard. Although the panel’s preliminary mandate was once to inspect the distribution of reservation advantages on the Central degree, its phrases of reference have been expanded later. It isn’t a very simple activity.

    The BJP best friend JD-U will habits a caste-based census in Bihar. Your celebration, the RPI, too, has demanded a national caste census…
    I’ve at all times supported caste census. My celebration’s place is that now not handiest OBCs, all castes will have to be counted. This will likely supply transparent knowledge at the caste-based marginalization and deprivation. As soon as all castes are enumerated, we will formulate schemes for probably the most disadvantaged.

    Does the caste survey performed by means of states have any constitutional validity since Census is below Union Record?
    States can do surveys. Not like the Census, it’s now not legally certain. State governments are looking to enumerate the OBC inhabitants so that there’s equitable distribution of welfare schemes. Many NDA allies have demanded a caste-based census. The federal government will have to believe the call for. In Bihar, there are political compulsions.

    The Centre has dominated out a caste census, announcing caste-based enumeration isn’t possible.
    That’s the place of the federal government. My celebration has at all times stood for caste-based census. As an MP, I’ve raised the problem in Parliament again and again and demanded the federal government take a direct resolution. There are apprehensions that caste-based census will result in extra casteism. That’s now not the case.

    Why do you root for caste-based census?
    A caste census will assist determine the economically and socially disadvantaged sections. As soon as the knowledge is to be had, we will be able to design extra programmes for them. There’s a belief that OBC accounts for 52 consistent with cent of the full inhabitants. Alternatively, we wish to have a transparent estimate.

    Is there an apprehension of the repeat of Mandal politics if caste census is performed?
    When the Mandal Fee suggestions got here out, the overall class protested as a result of they felt that they’d lose out on reservations. Now that the NDA govt has equipped 10 consistent with cent reservation to the EWS, we shouldn’t be seeing such outrage.