Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday took oath as the Chief Minister of the first BJP-ruled West Bengal government, along with four other members of the state Council of Ministers led by him.The other five members of the state Council of Ministers who were sworn in on Saturday include the former national vice-president and former state president of the BJP in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh, fashion-designer-turned politician and two-time BJP legislator, Agnimitra Paul, former BJP Lok Sab…
Latest OBC News & Updates
Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) BJP State President, Madan Rathore, on Thursday claimed that the Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot photo that was taken at the meeting of the OBC Advisory Council held at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday, appears to project unity but in fact underscores their continuing internal differences.He claimed that the need to publicly showcase togetherness points to underlying discord.Commenting further, Rathore expressed surprise at Ashok Gehlot’s statement that Rah…
Patna, April 21 (IANS) Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) supremo and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday announced a state-wide ‘Dhikkar March’ (March of Condemnation) to be held across Bihar on April 22, aimed at protesting against opposition parties over issues related to women’s representation and delimitation. Addressing the media persons in Patna, Kushwaha alleged that opposition parties had obstructed the passage of key legislations, including the Women’s Reservation and Delimit…
Bhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Monday criticised the BJP-led Union Government over the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, alleging delays and spreading of false propaganda on the issue. Speaking at a press conference held here, Koraput MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka stated that he was present in the Lok Sabha when the Bill was introduced and said the government’s intentions were questionable from the very outset. He noted that the B…
Bhopal, April 20 (IANS) The political temperature rose sharply in Madhya Pradesh on Monday as the Congress and the BJP engaged in a fierce war of words following the defeat of the women’s reservation Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, with both sides accusing each other of undermining women’s empowerment.At a press conference in Bhopal, Congress leader Shobha Oza mounted a strong attack on the BJP-led Centre, alleging that the proposed law was designed to delay implementation by…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In the aftermath of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill’s defeat in the Lok Sabha, Telangana Jagruthi President K. Kavitha on Saturday blamed both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying they are “playing a blame game” over the failure of the Women’s Reservation Bill.Speaking to IANS, Kavitha said, “In the history of India, yesterday will be remembered as the black day for women empowerment in this nation.”Holding both the ruling NDA alliance and …
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) As the NDA is planning to organise nationwide protests following the defeat of the Women’s Reservation Bill, Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp counterattack, saying, “Let them bring, we will also bring ours.” The NDA has planned demonstrations at district headquarters across the country, led by the BJP Mahila Morcha, after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed to secure the required two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha…
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao has held the BJP responsible for the failure of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament. He stated that the Bill failed because the BJP deliberately linked it with the contentious issue of delimitation, thereby derailing its passage. He pointed out that all political parties, including the BRS, had extended support to women’s reservations, but the BJP’s political approach ensured the Bill did not su…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday labelled Congress as the biggest anti-OBC (Other Backwards caste) party, while asserting that at least 27 ministers in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government belong to the OBC community. Replying to the debate on the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, Amit Shah charged the Congress with not only opposing women’s reservation but also being perennially against the OBCs and Dalits.He said that the Co…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday backed the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’, criticising Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for opposing the proposed delimitation linked to the women’s reservation bill, and likening the Congress leader’s speech to a P.C. Sorcar magic show. Taking part in the discussion on the bill in Lok Sabha, Dubey urged the Opposition to facilitate the implementation of the 33 per cent reservation for women proposed by Prime Minister Narend…