Campaigning in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called for a caste census and proportionate reservation — their population is expected to be upwards of 40% — for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). While such demands have been made by leaders of Dravidian and Mandal-based north Indian parties, it is for the first time that a Congress […]
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There are two significant takeaways from a Surat district court’s conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi — and neither is about whether or not he will be disqualified as a Member of Parliament although a 2013 Supreme Court judgment is explicit on the outcome. The first is about whether the judgment will reopen the discussion […]