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Updated : 5 hours, 53 min ago IST
Telangana Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA KT Rama Rao said the 4 per cent Muslim reservation in the state is not on the basis of religion but on the basis of socio-economic status in the community.
Updated : 4 days, 8 hours ago IST
With ten days left for Telangana Assembly polls, the political campaigning in the state has intensified as Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked Congress and other parties by accusing them of encouraging the dynasty politics.
Updated : 4 days, 10 hours ago IST
"We will do away with the four per cent reservation for Muslims and we will give those to SCs. OBCs, and STs," Amit Shah said while campaigning at Telangana's Jagtial on Monday.
Updated : 5 days, 14 hours ago IST
It was in 2014 that the BRS [then TRS] supremo promised a 12 percent reservation for Muslims of the state for the first time in Shadnagar a town about 40 km from Hyderabad.
Updated : 5 days, 13 hours ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson in Telangana, Prakash Reddy, on Sunday slammed All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, for his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over Muslim reservation in the state.
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Saturday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his statement on Muslim reservation and said that "this is BJP's politics of hate".
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
BJP State President and Union Minister G Krishan Reddy said that they will cancel Muslim reservations and extend the benefit to members of the Backward Classes communities if voted to power in Telangana.
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (NCP) Ajit Pawar on Monday said that it is a government of three parties in the state so he will keep the issue regarding Muslim reservation before the CM and Deputy CM.
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Notably, in 2014, the Congress-NCP alliance government awarded five per cent reservation to the Muslim community for educational institutions and government jobs on the basis of their backwardness.
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Addressing a public meeting organised in Nanded, Maharashtra, to mark the completion of 9 years of the BJP-led government at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Home Minister said, "The BJP believes that there should be no reservation on the grounds
Shah said, "The 10 years of the Sonia-Manmohan government were a period of increasing poverty in the country whereas during 9 years of Modiji's government, a lot of poor welfare works were undertaken."
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The fiercely-contested Karnataka battle saw parties adopting different strategies to woo the voters with the BJP emphasising its development plank and the Congress seeking to keep the narrative to local issues