‘Fake news’: Siddaramaiah attacks BJP after party tweets video of him discussing caste politics

In the video, the Congress leader is heard saying that the Lingayats do not support Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa as much as they used to earlier.

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· Oct 28, 2019 · 06:06 pm

‘Previous governments did nothing for OBCs, Modi formed panel to address problems,’ says Amit Shah

The Bharatiya Janata Party President also praised the prime minister for scrapping Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status.

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· Oct 08, 2019 · 05:00 pm

‘People use caste card when they fail to get ticket based on their work,’ says Nitin Gadkari

The minister said reservation alone cannot ensure the complete development of socially and economically backward classes.

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· Sep 17, 2019 · 10:00 am

UP: Brahmins allegedly block Dalit groom’s wedding procession in Mathura

A police officer, however, claimed the Brahmin family only objected to loud music as their children’s exams were going on.

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· Feb 13, 2019 · 01:24 pm

Communist leaders continue to harm India by claiming they recognise class but not caste

Many of them studied in private English medium schools but wish to deprive this privilege to the children of the working class and agrarian farm labour.

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

· Dec 15, 2018 · 08:00 am

‘Brahminical patriarchy’ row: Rajasthan HC stays Twitter CEO’s arrest but refuses to quash FIR

Jack Dorsey had moved the High Court after a member of a Brahmin organisation had filed a case against him for ‘hurting sentiments’.

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· Dec 12, 2018 · 09:24 pm

With reservations for powerful Marathas, BJP hopes to consolidate hold on Maharashtra. Can it?

If the saffron party is to grow, it must add Marathas to its base of urban traders and upper caste voters.

Smruti Koppikar

· Nov 30, 2018 · 09:27 am

Congress leader CP Joshi served notice by poll panel for remark on Brahmins and Hinduism

The BJP filed a complaint on Friday after Joshi said at a poll meeting in Rajasthan that only Brahmins have the right to speak about the religion.

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· Nov 24, 2018 · 07:41 am

Rahul Gandhi rebukes Congress leader who said only Brahmins have the right to speak about Hinduism

Rajasthan Congress leader CP Joshi expressed regret for his remarks, but claimed the BJP had made ‘fabricated use’ of his speech.

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· Nov 23, 2018 · 12:45 pm

Brahmin body files defamation case against Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

The case was filed over a photo in which Dorsey was seen posing with a poster that said ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’.

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· Nov 23, 2018 · 08:25 am

‘Describing a system of oppression is not a slur’: Creator of ‘Smash Brahmanical patriarchy’ poster

Thenmozhi Soundararajan co-created a poster in 2016 that created a storm on Monday after the CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey was photographed with it.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Nov 21, 2018 · 07:29 pm

A call to ‘smash Brahmanical patriarchy’ is not hate speech – it's progressive, anti-caste politics

On Monday, the CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey found himself at the centre of social media storm as a photo of him holding an anti-caste poster went viral.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Nov 20, 2018 · 03:28 pm