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Karnataka has seen 23 Chief Ministers since 1947. Of them, nine were Lingayats, seven were Vokkaligas, two were Brahmins, and five were from Other Backward Class (OBC) communities.

In 2018, the JD(S) won 37 seats in Karnataka. The party lost 36 seats where it fancied its chances with margins ranging from 200 votes to 8,000 votes. In 10 seats, the margin of loss was between 200 votes and 3,000 votes. The party assessed these close defeats as a…

As was widely expected, the Supreme Court has refused to entertain pleas challenging the ongoing caste census in Bihar. Besides the question about the merit of the petitions, there was an aspect which didn’t find explicit mention – that such a hearing could be viewed as an intrusion into the…

In 2019, there were zero journalists from SC or ST backgrounds in leadership positions in India’s mainstream media newsrooms, spanning print, broadcast and digital.

There is a liquor shop in every lane and bylane in Telangana, says BJP OBC Morcha president

A former wrestler who drew on strength and guile in his short, stocky frame, Mulayam Singh Yadav found his way through the social and political matrix of India’s most populous state. In becoming one of India’s most enduring mass leaders in recent decades, he steered the power wheel of Lohiaite…

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Mulayam Singh Yadav who stood for reservation for the OBC was deeply committed to secular ideals, said CM Stalin

We have been giving Backward Classes posts in both the party and government, proportional to their population, BJP’s national OBC president K. Laxman says