Bengaluru: With the State Government announcing reservation hike for SC and ST communities (2 percent hike for SCs and 4 percent hike for STs), Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that the hike can become functional only if it is included in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution. Speaking to press persons here…
‘Samvidhan Bachao – Desh Bachao’ Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of using reservation quota as a poll plank, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah promised reservation quota to all sections based on the population strength of communities. He was addressing the gathering at ‘Samvidhan Bachao – Desh Bachao’ (Save Constitution – Save Country) protest against…
Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the reservation quota hike for Lingayats and Vokkaligas announced by the State Government recently is only a political gimmick ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls, former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) maintained that the hike would not serve any purpose for both the communities. Addressing a press meet at the Office of K.R….
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is no reservation system in any other country, writer Dr. Kabbinale Vasanth Bharadwaj said that reservation has continued in our country for several social reasons. He was speaking at the 60th birthday celebration (DNK Aravattara Hejje) of writer D.N. Krishnamurthy (DNK) and release of DNK’s work ‘Karmayogi’, a book on Sir…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sang) is under attack, particularly from the Congress and some Dalit organisations, which allege that it is opposed to reservation in education and jobs, RSS Bengaluru Prachara Pramukh Radhakrishna Holla clarified that the RSS has a clear stand on the issue and wanted the reservation to exist as…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that BJP is against reservation for backward classes and other oppressed sections and is also opposed to decentralisation of power, opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah contended that it was Rajiv Gandhi who empowered democracy by giving more authority to local bodies. He was speaking at the programme organised by Kaginele Kanaka…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Halumatha Mahasabha have urged the State Government to increase reservation percentage of Scheduled Tribes (STs) to 9 percent and include Kuruba community in the list of Scheduled Tribes. Addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavana here recently, State President of Hindulida Vargagala Jagruthi Vedike K.S. Shivaramu demanded the State Government to increase…
Mysore/Mysuru: As part of a State-wide stir, over 200 Congress workers, led by former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, staged a demonstration urging the Centre to file a review petition against the recent Supreme Court verdict which said that ‘reservation in job promotion is not a fundamental right,’ at Gandhi Square here this morning. Addressing the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan has urged the Centre to file a review petition against the recent Supreme Court ruling that reservation in promotions is not a fundamental right. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan here yesterday, Dhruvanarayan said that the SC order on reservation in promotions was shocking. The Prime Minister should…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former High Court Judge H.N. Nagamohan Das has said that reservation is a fundamental right, while the Supreme Court ruling is not in accordance with the ideals of the Constitution. The former judge was speaking after inaugurating a public hearing organised in Kalamandira in city yesterday. Nagamohan Das heads a one-man Commission to look…
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