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Congress insulted Lingayats, OBCs & Bajrangbali, says PM Modi in Karnataka

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Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticised the Congress in his last public rally in Karnataka ahead of assembly polls scheduled to be held on May 10, saying the grand old party has insulted Lingayats, OBCs and also Bajrangbali (Lord Hanuman).
Addressing a massive crowd in Nanjangud of Mysuru district, PM Modi said: “Do not believe in the bundle of lies by Congress. This is going to be my last speech in Karnataka before the Assembly elections. I thank all Kannada people from my heart for supporting me. All should participate in the festival of elections. Your vote will give new direction to the state and nation.”
PM Modi said that the BJP is striving for the welfare of all people.

“All people including those belonging to the Hakki-Pikki community have been brought back to India safely from Sudan. Congress has played politics in this crisis. Modi is there for you. We will take any required step to defend the country. We will not hesitate in taking any bold step,” PM Modi said.
He said that the Congress was insulting those who took part in the freedom struggle of India.
“Crores of Kannada people are insulted. ‘Rashtra Kavi’ Kuvempu described Karnataka as the daughter of India. But the Congress has adopted a divide and rule policy. I never thought the Congress would indulge in such cheap tactics to come to power,” he said.
He said that “India is in the second position in mobile production in the world”.
“Many big companies have come to Karnataka. Branded mobiles are produced in Karnataka. This is a matter of pride for the state. But for JD-S and Congress, it is not a matter of pride,” he said.

The Prime Minister further said that to create a history and to make the state (Karnataka) number one in the country, the state assembly elections are significant.
“People believe in double engine government. There is only one conviction in all corners of the state that this time, the majority BJP government will come to power,” PM Modi said.
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#Congress #insulted #Lingayats #OBCs #Bajrangbali #Modi #Karnataka
( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 7, 2023
Opposition parties care for OBCs, Dalits only when out of power: Dinesh

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Lucknow: Senior BJP leader Dinesh Sharma hit out at the opposition parties in UP on Thursday for demanding a caste-based census, asserting that they care for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Dalits only when they are removed from power.
Targeting the Samajwadi Party, Sharma said their leaders should be asked why they did not start a caste-based census when they were in power in Uttar Pradesh for “so many years”. This, he added, would clearly show how much they care for the backward community.
In recent days, the Samajwadi Party and the Congress have made a strong pitch for a caste census.

“When Raju Pal was killed, Umesh Pal was killed, Sandeep Nishad, the gunner of Umesh Pal, who was also from a backward community, was killed, Samajwadi Party and Congress remained silent and did not utter a word in favour of them. Instead they shed their tears in favour of the mafia,” the former deputy chief minister alleged.
Raju Pal, an MLA, was killed allegedly by gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his gang members in 2005. Umesh Pal a key witness in the murder case was gunned down with his two security personnel in February this year by Ahmad’s gang in Prayagraj.
Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, who were in police custody in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case, were shot dead by three assailants outside a hospital on April 15. The three assailants were arrested.
Sharma also said that the BJP promotes mayors who perform better.
Citing his own example, he said he remained the mayor of Lucknow for 11 years and then he was made the vice president of the BJP and he was also made the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Similarly, he added, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis too served as Nagpur mayor before being promoted. Fadnavis also served as the chief minister of Maharashtra from 2014 to 2019.
Baby Rani Maurya, who was the mayor of Agra, was made the Uttarakhand governor from August 2018 to September 2021, Sharma said.
“If mayors do good work they eventually get promoted in the party and government,” he said.
Polling for the urban local bodies in the state is slated in two phases – on May 4 and May 11.
The counting of votes will be held on May 13.
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#Opposition #parties #care #OBCs #Dalits #power #Dinesh
( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 27, 2023
OBCs form 37-41% of urban population in UP: Govt report

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Lucknow: The report submitted by the UP State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission for providing OBC quota for upcoming local body elections, shows that OBCs in the urban parts of the state comprise between 37 per cent and 41 per cent.
The urban population of Uttar Pradesh is estimated to be 4.78 crore.
The 505-page report says that there are 1.76 crore OBCs (overall 37 per cent), 2.4 crore members of general category, including Muslims (49 per cent), 65 lakh SCs (14 per cent) and 1.03 lakh STs.

The commission stated that the economic condition of the OBCs is not good and the community continues to face both social and educational barriers, and has recommended 27 per cent reservation.
According to the report, the population of OBCs is on the lower side in bigger cities but higher in smaller towns.
In 17 Nagar nigams, OBCs account for 25.58 per cent, while in 200 Nagar palikas (municipal councils) and 545 Nagar panchayats (town councils), their ratio is on the higher side as the community members constituted 42.29 per cent and 49.55 per cent, respectively.
Out of the seven political parties invited to give their suggestions, the commission got responses from the BJP, the SP and the RLD.
Other parties, including BSP, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Communist Party of India did not participate in the survey.

Interestingly, the three political parties were on the same page when it came to offering reservations to the OBCs. They were unanimous in demanding 27 per cent reservation for the community, as was the case in previous elections.
The commission pointed out in its report that nobody was present at the Congress party office to receive the invitation.
The commission said that the triple test surveys conducted by the urban development department in 2017 and 2022 were satisfactory.
However, the five members of the commission were concerned about the procedure that the department had followed during the rotation process while reserving seats for the posts of mayors and chairpersons.
Citing the example of Maharajganj, the commission said that the seat for nagar palika chairperson was continuously reserved for SC candidates through OBC constitutes 51 per cent of the population.
Similar aberrations were noticed in the rotation process for the chairperson post in nagar palikas in Hardoi and Bijnor.
The commission noted that the primary grievance of the public was with the way rotation of the seats was being done and suggested that a wider population base should be taken into consideration in the forthcoming elections, a change which the state government has already notified.
The commission headed by Ram Autar Singh, retired judge of Allahabad High Court, included four members — Chob Singh Verma, Brijesh Kumar, Mahendra Kumar and Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma — who compiled the report within three months.
The ULB elections will take place on May 4 and May 11.
The commission was formed on the direction of Supreme Court.
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#OBCs #form #urban #population #Govt #report
( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 11, 2023
Divert attention from Adani issue: Rahul on charges of insulting OBCs

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New Delhi: With the BJP accusing him of insulting OBCs with his “Modi surname” remark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he has been talking of brotherhood in all his speeches and the ruling party was just trying to divert attention from the Adani issue by making such allegations.
Gandhi was on Thursday sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remark.
Several BJP leaders, including party chief J P Nadda, have accused Gandhi of insulting Other Backward Classes (OBCs) through his remark in 2019.
Asked about the BJP’s allegation, Gandhi said at a press conference here, “Look at any of my speeches in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, I am saying that all communities are the same, everyone should move forward together, there should be brotherhood, there should be no hate, there should be no violence. So my position is absolutely clear.”
“This is not an issue of OBCs, this is an issue of the relationship between Narendra Modi and (businessman Gautam) Adani. I am asking how Adani shell firms got Rs 20,000 crore and want an answer to that,” he said.
“The BJP tries to divert attention, they will sometimes talk of OBCs, sometimes of (remarks) abroad, sometimes about disqualification or something else but the question remains — Rs 20,000 crore belong to whom?” he said.
Rs 20,000 crore are in shell companies owned by Mr. Adani. Where did this money come from? These companies are working in the defence sector and there’s a Chinese national involved in this. Why is this not being questioned by anyone?
:@RahulGandhi Ji#20000CroreKiskeHain pic.twitter.com/4xtK4fjHUn
— Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (@INCTamilNadu) March 25, 2023
Responding to media queries on the BJP’s charge of insult to OBCs, Gandhi described these questions as peddling of BJP’s agenda and asked if they were posed following orders from the ruling dispensation.
Attacking Gandhi over his remark on media queries, BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya tweeted, “I am told the journalist Rahul Gandhi snubbed for asking a perfectly legitimate question has been covering the Congress for 15 years and is fairly aligned. Yet, he was shot down, the moment he stepped out of the line. What arrogance! But Rahul Gandhi is messiah of free’ press.”

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel hit out at the BJP over its charge of insulting OBCs, saying it wants to divert attention from the Adani issue.
“Does Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Bhupesh Baghel or Tamil Nadu chief minister not belong to the backward classes? Why is BJP creating trouble for all of us?” he said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 25, 2023
‘Rahul compared OBCs to thieves..’ says Nadda; Kharge hits back

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New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday refuted BJP chief J P Nadda’s allegation that Rahul Gandhi compared OBC communities to thieves and accused the ruling party of indulging in “caste politics”.
Amid a political fight between the BJP and Congress following Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case over the “Modi surname” remarks, Nadda alleged that “lies, personal slander and negative politics is integral” to his politics.
“By comparing OBC communities to thieves, Rahul Gandhi has shown a pathetic and casteist mindset. However, his latest tirade is not surprising. For the last many years, he has always reduced levels of political discourse,” Nadda said.
Hitting back, Kharge, in a tweet in Hindi, said, “Modi government cannot escape from JPC! Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, and Mehul Choksi fled with the money of PNB and the public. OBCs did not do so, then how were they insulted?”
“SBI/LIC suffered losses due to your ‘best friend’!” he said slamming the government.
“‘Ek toh chori mein sahyog phir jatigat rajneeti ka prayog’ (First providing help in stealing then applying caste politics),” Kharge said and termed it “shameful”.
Gandhi was on Thursday sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remarks.
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate H H Varma, which held 52-year-old Gandhi guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 499 and 500, also granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court.

Gandhi can escape immediate disqualification as a member of parliament if the appellate court suspends the conviction as well as the two-year jail term.
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#Rahul #compared #OBCs #thieves. #Nadda #Kharge #hits
( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 24, 2023
SCs, STs, OBCs, women, youth, minorities to get 50% reservation in CWC

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Nava Raipur: The Congress amended its constitution at its 85th plenary session here on Saturday to provide a 50 percent reservation to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), women, youngsters, and minorities in its working committee.
According to the amended constitution of the party, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will now include the former prime ministers from the party and the former AICC chiefs.
The number of CWC members will go up to 35 from the earlier 25.
The amended constitution says from now on, the party will only have digital membership and records.
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#SCs #STs #OBCs #women #youth #minorities #reservation #CWC
( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 25, 2023