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    Sub-categorisation verdict helps BJP’s agenda and endangers Dalit future

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    At the heart of Bangladesh’s anti-quota protests are government’s broken promises on job creation

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  • Readers’ comments: The solution is to end reservations, not increase them

    Readers’ comments: The solution is to end reservations, not increase them

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    · Nov 10, 2017 · 10:30 pm
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    Why sub-categorisation of OBCs will prompt their leaders to hit out at the upper castes

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