Jamia Millia Islamia, one of the country’s most prestigious universities with minority status, is facing strong criticism for violating its 50% reservation policy for Muslim students in PhD admissions for the academic year 2024-25.
Rajasthan minister Avinash Gehlot on Saturday said that his BJP state government is set to review the reservation granted to Muslims under the Other Backward Class...
In an Islamophobic speech, Prime Minister and BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi alleged on Tuesday that the Congress reduced the SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh to implement Muslim reservation. He alleged that this was a pilot project which the Congress wanted to implement across the entire country.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao has 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.
In its manifesto for the May 10 assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress promised the ban of Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Sangh-affiliated Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% quota for Muslims should not be implemented till May 9, after the state sought time to file its response to a plea challenging the move.