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Speaking to ET, NCBC chairman Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said, "We conducted a review and all senior officials of Delhi government, including chief secretary Naresh Kumar, were present. They have accepted that there is a backlog and posts reserved for OBCs have not been filled." The data shows 310 Group A posts, 1,903 Group B and 2,467 Group C posts meant for OBCs have to be filled.

With the help of the ambitious scheme of the Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department to provide employment abroad, two youth from backward classes have got the opportunity to work in Japan. These youth are from small towns of the state. Saurabh Kumar Vishwakarma of village Rewawankhedi,

Rahul Gandhi also demanded that the government should conduct a caste census and make public its findings along with that of the previous caste census conducted during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin demanded that respective states should be allowed to decide on the quantum of reservations.

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Stalin referred to delimitation and said that the effort to betray "politically vigilant Tamil Nadu" should be nipped in the bud.

Gandhi, the last speaker from the Opposition, said, "there is one thing in my view that makes this bill incomplete. I would like to have seen the OBC reservation included in this bill... I wonder if this (time for implementation) is not designed to push the ball forward by seven, eight, nine years and then let this thing play out the way it does." The moment the opposition raises the issue of the caste census, "BJP tries to create a new distraction; a new sudden event, so that the...

Kerala Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan on Tuesday said caste system was a "stain" in the minds of certain people

The scheme has already been in place for washermen from Backward Classes (BC) since 2021 in the state of Telangana