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thawar chand gehlot news

Karnataka Governor accepts Siddaramaiah’s resignation as chief minister

Siddaramaiah resigned on Thursday.
Updated on May 29, 2026 01:42 pm IST

Union minister Piyush Goyal appointed leader of house in Rajya Sabha

Union minister Piyush Goyal.
Updated on Jul 14, 2021 06:05 pm IST

Cabinet expansion buzz as key leaders arrive in Capital

A view of the Parliament House. (Mohd Zakir/HT Archive)
Updated on Jul 07, 2021 05:06 am IST

‘Whose government was it in 2012?’ Centre’s counter on SC quota verdict, Oppn walks out

Union Minister of social justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot arrives to attend the winter session in Parliament in New Delhi.
Updated on Feb 10, 2020 04:55 pm IST

A missed opportunity | HT editorial

LGBTQ community members demand changes in the transgender persons bill in Kolkata, 2018
Published on Nov 27, 2019 08:13 pm IST

Transgender rights bill gets House nod as activists protest

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Transgender (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019
Updated on Nov 27, 2019 03:55 am IST

DCW chairperson slams trans bill, asks for revisions

Delhi Commission for Women.
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 05:31 pm IST

The Sangh’s advice to the BJP

It is now widely recognised that the BJP is no longer primarily an urban, upper caste, middle class, north India-centric force. Getting 220 million votes, and 303 seats, would only have been possible by embracing newer social groups
Published on Jul 14, 2019 08:53 pm IST

SC/ST welcome budget, skeptical if allocations will be directly beneficial

In her maiden budget speech on Friday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had extended entrepreneurial support programmes for SC-ST under the Stand Up India scheme, and flagged that providing dignity to manual scavengers was an aim of the government.
Published on Jul 07, 2019 07:08 am IST

‘Unconstitutional’: Union minister faults UP move to expand SC list

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Union minister for social justice and empowerment, Thawar Chand Gehlot, said that including OBC castes in the list of SCs is the exclusive domain of Parliament.
Updated on Jul 03, 2019 08:40 am IST

On Yogi govt’s move to add 22 OBC castes to SC list, union minister differs

Kolkata, India - May 15, 2019: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during a press conference at West Bengal State BJP head quarter in Kolkata, India, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. One of his public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha election has been cancelled following alleged withdrawal of permission, (Photo by Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 02, 2019 04:25 pm IST

BJP’s Dalit face Thawar Chand Gehlot becomes minister for second time

Gehlot was appointed as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment during the Modi government’s first stint in 2014.
Updated on May 30, 2019 09:02 pm IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP says winnability only criterion for LS poll nominations

Union social justice and empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot (right) and BJP state president Ajay Bhatt (left) address a press conference in Dehradun on Wednesday.
Updated on Mar 14, 2019 03:57 pm IST

All sitting BJP MPs in Uttarakhand may not get LS ticket: Thawar Chand Gehlot

Union minister of social justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot (2nd from right) addresses a press conference at BJP office in Dehradun on Thursday.
Updated on Jan 25, 2019 03:54 pm IST

Bill on quota for economically weaker sections brought with good intent and purpose: Thawar Chand Gehlot

Union minister for social justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot.
Updated on Jan 11, 2019 10:44 am IST

It’s wrong to divide deities into sections: Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot

Union minister for social justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot has said it is wrong to divide deities and heroes into sections.
Published on Dec 17, 2018 08:42 am IST

Bill to restore original SC/ST Act tabled in Lok Sabha

Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday, Aug 2, 2018.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 08:22 pm IST

Introduce reservations in part-time, contractual jobs: Social justice ministry

Minister of social justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot
Updated on May 08, 2018 11:52 pm IST

JNUSU members meet social justice minister over ‘violation’ of reservation policy

JNUSU members flagged alleged “tampering” of the reservation policy in admissions by the JNU administration.
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 11:21 pm IST

Dalit protests politically motivated, says minister Thawar Chand Gehlot

Minister of social justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot said the government will also take the ‘necessary steps or legal recourse if needed’ to roll back a new quota system for the appointment of faculty in universities, announced by the University Grants Commission.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 11:36 pm IST