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Don’t use quotas to send political signals

Don’t use quotas to send political signals

A month after the government in Karnataka sought to send a political signal by scrapping a separate quota for Muslims, the administration has taken a temporary U-turn, telling the Supreme Court that it will hold off on implementing the changes till the next date of hearing, May 9. This effectively also means that the contentious […]

Another crisis for Congress – Hindustan Times

Another crisis for Congress - Hindustan Times

An announcement by senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot that he will hold a day-long hunger strike against what he called inaction by the Rajasthan government on corruption cases has confirmed what has been known for some time – that differences between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his once-deputy that plunged the government into crisis three […]