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Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Sharan Prakash Patil wrote a letter to the centre on Tuesday seeking NRI quotas in the government medical colleges

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked the JDU to put pressure on the BJP to remove the 50% limit on the reservations and do a caste census.

The Gandhi scion has been flashing a small copy of the constitution that was conceptualised by SC adv Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who has spoken against OBC reservation and advocated for a complete overhaul of existing reservations.

It is pertinent to mention that the RJD-JDU-led Bihar government's amendments in November last year, based on a state-wide caste census, increased reservations to 20% for Scheduled Castes, 2% for Scheduled Tribes, 18% for Other Backward Classes, and 25% for Extremely Backward Classes, with an additional 10% for the Economically Weaker Sections, bringing the total to 75%.

BJP released a video advertisement with the hashtag #MeraVoteMeraAdhikar, wherein it attempted to expose the Congress' history of encroaching on the reservation of our Dalit, tribal, backward, and extremely backward classes to appease the 'minority' community

Avinash Gehlot, Rajasthan social justice minister, said the state government will review reservations granted to 14 Muslim communities under OBC category.

"As part of its appeasement politics, Congress gave reservation to 14 Muslims castes under OBC category between 1997 and 2013." Avinash Gehlot informed.

After Calcutta HC cancelled OBC certificates over inclusion of 77 classes of Muslims, Mamata Banerjee said she will continue to grant the OBC reservations to the groups deemed invalid.

In reality, Amit Shah had vowed to end unconstitutional reservation for the Muslim community and give it to the SC, ST and OBCs.

CPIM has promised to undo legislations that have been historically used against terrorists and criminals of the highest order. This includes repeal of the UAPA and the NSA.