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BR Ambedkar reminded them that the topsoil of democracy in India rested on a bed of deep inequity and, therefore, political democracy would never be enough in the absence of social democracy — where people of various backgrounds, castes, classes and faiths could creditably aspire to the same opportunities without bias. (HT PHOTO)

editorials

Updated on Apr 14, 2023 07:18 pm IST

UP polls: Rajnath reaches out to Jats, says they cannot stay annoyed with BJP

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh addressing 'Matadata Samvad' event, in Modinagar on Thursday. He said that the Jat community cannot remain annoyed with the BJP. (ANI)

uttar pradesh assembly election

Updated on Jan 28, 2022 04:34 am IST

UP elections: Shah meets Jat leaders; focus on poll arithmetic

Union minister Amit Shah during a meeting with Jat leaders from UP, ahead of the upcoming elections, at the residence of BJP MP Parvesh Verma, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. (PTI)

uttar pradesh assembly election

Updated on Jan 27, 2022 04:39 am IST

Jats, Muslims renew quota demand amid Gurjar agitation in Rajasthan

The first of these meetings will be held in Bharatpur district’s Pathena village on November 18.

india news

Updated on Nov 10, 2020 06:24 pm IST

Agrarian woes may have led Jats to drift away from BJP

File photo from Jat agitation in 2016. The BJP’s campaign, pivoting around the nullification of Article 370, created little impact.

elections

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 03:24 am IST

Anti-incumbency, tactical voting by Jats stopped BJP juggernaut

Supporters of BJP candidate from Gharaunda, Harvinder Singh Kalyan celebrate his win in the Assembly election in Karnal on Thursday.

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 05:14 am IST

Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: BJP, Congress field fewer Jats for 2019 polls

Jats account for about 25 per cent of the state’s population and can influence about 40 assembly seats in Haryana, say experts.

elections

Updated on Oct 05, 2019 02:17 pm IST

Maratha reservation judgment may kindle fresh quota stirs by other communities

Maratha community members celebrate after the Bombay HC verdict on reservation for the community, Mumbai, Thursday, June 27, 2019.

india news

Published on Jun 28, 2019 11:10 am IST

Jats can apply for general posts as Haryana makes a category switch

The posts reserved for Jats and five other castes in Haryana had been kept in abeyance on the orders of the high court since September 2017.

india news

Published on Jun 06, 2019 12:42 pm IST

Ahead of assembly polls, Congress’s Haryana unit set for overhaul

The Congress is contemplating major changes in its Haryana unit after its Lok Sabha performance, with assembly polls due in October in the state.

india news

Updated on Jun 04, 2019 07:35 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress fortress Nagaur faces Jat leader challenge

Nagaur had been a fortress of the Congress after Independence, which has won most number of times from the constituency.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 05, 2019 02:00 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Badshahpur aspires to be on growth map

An aerial view of Badshahpur town, in Gurugram, India.

lok sabha election 2019

Published on Apr 28, 2019 12:54 am IST

Manvendra’s exit from BJP shakes up poll dynamics in Rajasthan’s Marwar

BJP Rajasthan MLA Manvendra Singh with Congress president Rahul Gandhi after joining the Congress last week (File photo)

rajasthan assembly election 2018

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 10:19 am IST

We need a better understanding of intra-caste inequalities

Solapur: Police personnel clash with the Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters during their district bandh called for reservations in jobs and education. While surveys from sources such as National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) give statistics on consumption, employment and asset levels of broad caste groups – Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and others – there is no information at the intra-caste or jati level about these things.

analysis

Updated on Aug 06, 2018 12:50 pm IST

In Rajasthan, BJP vote bank may upset CM Vasundhara Raje’s apple cart

Rajputs and Gujjars, together with the Jats whom Vasundhara Raje has tried to woo in the past four years, make up about one-fifth of the state’s population and can upset her bid for a second successive term in office in the desert state.

india news

Updated on Jun 21, 2018 10:24 am IST

Message from Kairana bypoll: Opposition unity works but social harmony may still be a far cry | Analysis

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Tabassum Hasan with her supporters after winning the Kairana Lok Sabha by-elections, in Kairana on May 31, 2018. Hasan was also supported by the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

india news

Updated on May 31, 2018 11:16 pm IST