 | Women’s Reservation Bill: OBC factor to keep government on tenterhooksWhile the BJP questions the UPA government’s failure to pass the bill in 2010 because of the lack of consensus over the OBC quota, the BJP had then rejected the idea of “quota within quota.” |
 | Rahul Gandhi regrets UPA bill didn’t provide for OBC quota in 2010Addressing a press meet in New Delhi, the former Congress president urged the Modi government to implement the Bill immediately and said that his party would conduct a caste census if it came to power |
 | Women's bill: Demand for OBC quota gains ground, concern over implementationThe delimitation, or redrawing of parliamentary constituencies will be based on the decadal census, which was indefinitely postponed post-Covid in 2021. |
 | ‘Of 90 secys, how many from OBC community?’: Rahul in LSEchoing his party’s view on caste census, Gandhi said that it is the need of the hour to hold a nationwide caste census. |
 | Very disappointed that there is no OBC quota in reservation for women: BJP leader Uma Bharti"I got disappointed as the chance which the backward class women were supposed to get has not been given to them," the senior BJP leader said. |
 | Will appear before House OBC panel, says top vigilance department officerA three-member sub-committee of the OBC Welfare Committee, headed by AAP MLA Madan Lal last month visited Rajasekhar’s hometown Ankapalli in Andhra Pradesh to enquire about his OBC credential. |
 | Vishwakarma Scheme will be opposed tooth and nail, says DMKSpeaking to TNIE, G Karunanidhy, general secretary of the AIOBC employees federation, said, “This scheme will perpetuate caste-based occupations." |
 | BRS to raise OBC, women’s quota issues in special session of ParliamentThe pink party decides to oppose Common Civil Code and other controversial issues |
 | Guessing game on as agenda for special Parliament session not made public yetA buzz is that the ‘One Nation One Election’ will certainly figure during the special session as primary works on it have almost been completed. |
 | With eye on OBC votes, BJP banks on PM Vishwakarama scheme in OdishaSpecial focus will be given to tribal areas where people mostly women are engaged in large number in leaf plate making, broom making and bamboo handicrafts. |
| Working to organise ‘Mahakumbh of OBCs’ at Prayagraj in November: BJPThe proposed “mahakumbh of OBCs” at Prayagraj would be aimed at taking PM Modi’s works done for the OBCs forward across the country’s districts ahead of elections. |
 | Divided opinions on Jharkhand CM Soren's decision to include transgender people in OBC listThe activist claimed, most transgender people in Jharkhand also belong to the SC/ST category, and including them in OBC will deprive them of the benefits of SC/ST. |
 | Jharkhand CM Soren okays inclusion of transgender community in OBC listIn addition to that, transgender persons will also be provided benefits of the State Social Security Scheme under which they will be given a pension of Rs 1,000 per month. |
 | Shinde government faces 'Maha' task as OBCs threaten to protest over Maratha reservationVishwnath Patil, the president of Kumbi Sena, threatened to launch a protest if the state government started giving Kunbi caste certificates to the Maratha community. |
 | Gujarat declares 27% OBC quota in local body pollsEarlier, only 10 per cent of seats in local bodies such as village panchayats and municipalities were reserved for OBC candidates. |
 | Baghel writes to Governor, seeks meeting to drive home OBC demands in poll-bound ChhattisgarhAcross the central plains of Chhattisgarh, OBCs with over 50 per cent population are perceived as a major chunk of electorates on whom the political parties rely heavily. |
 | Panel in Officer YVVJ Rajasekhar's hometown to verify OBC certificateSources said Rajasekhar was targeted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as he was overseeing several probes concerning the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi. |
 | Srimandir Parikrama to be over by OctoberTwo pilgrim reception centres will come up at the demolished Emar Mutt site and near the new SJTA office where 2,000 and 1,000 devotees can be accommodated respectively. |
| In a bid to shore up OBC votes, Congress bats for caste-based census in GujaratThe OBCs comprise a majority of Gujarat’s population. However, there is no official data. Some estimates place them at nearly 40 per cent of the population. |
 | ‘Decision on Rohini panel report before LS polls’A count of all castes is must for proportional distribution of reservation, says MoS, Social Justice, Ramdas Athawale |
