Due to the consolidation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 2014 performance, many incumbents have been re-elected. Overall we find little changes in the composition of the 2019 Lok Sabha as compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha. read more

These conversations are significant not least because they offers an insight into a group marginalised on account of caste as well as gender. read more

Traditionally, Akola was a Congress bastion that the BJP stormed in 1989 and has dominated since. The BJP holds four of the six assembly segments that make up the Lok Sabha seat read more

The electoral contest in Pataliputra has once again become a prestige battle for both RJD and BJP, as caste factor comes into play more aggressively in the present elections. read more

Raghav Chadha asserts that residents of South Delhi — a constituency where caste and regional identity play crucial role — will vote for a leader committed to work. read more

. According to the NFHS, the population share of upper castes, OBCs, SCs and STs in India is 24%, 45%, 21% and 9%, respectively. read more

The Election Commission Tuesday asked political parties and religious leaders to refrain from using places of worship for propaganda during the Lok Sabha polls. read more

Represented by Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha, the Karakat LS seat is heading towards witnessing a tightly fought electoral battle. read more

Note of caution: Putting caste labels on vehicles not permissible under Motor Vehicles Act, says senior transport official. read more

The national party which is able to convince the urban middle class, the urban poor, the small farmer, and the rural landless that it can improve its quality of life and incomes will do better read more

Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati has disapproved of the Centre’s decision to provide 10% reservation to economically poor in general category and said that quota, be it on the basis of caste or economic status, was wrong. read more

Uttar Pradesh became the third state after Gujarat and Jharkhand to approve the legislation which has to be ratified by at least half the state Assemblies in the country. read more

Gujarat government will give 10% reservation to the economically weaker sections in general category of the community, chief minister Vijay Rupani said. read more

Whether this is a real solution to underlying structural issues of Indian political economy of educational opportunities and jobs is open to question. Public employment is limited. Private sector does not have reservations. The goal has to be expand... read more

The government has cleared a 10% quota in jobs and educational institutions for the economically weaker sections among the so-called upper castes. read more