#Prav started working as a #cooperative since #PravConf (two weeks already). We were working on the bye-laws and looking for people willing to join as members for over 2 years already.
Now we have https://prav.app/coop/ which lists the Office bearers, Board of Directors and Members.
Board is elected by members for a two year term. So far we have #Dalits, #OBCs and #Christians in the board. Inviting #underrepresented to join as members and serve on the board.
so self-interest and not group interest comes into play, probably holds some grain of truth, especially when I consider the dynamics among #OBCs.
#Telangana has taken up #caste survey. A welcome decision. #OBCs who form 50-60% the state population have no political and social power. The caste survey along with the data on their overall representation in every field at least should give them some pause about their disappointing condition.
Minister cites West Bengal government’s affidavit to the SC, showing that 75 of 77 new castes proposed for the OBC list are Muslim groups; asks if OBC reservation is meant for the Opposition’s “appeasement politics”
#UnionMinisterBhupenderYadav #OBCs #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bhupender-yadav-accuses-opposition-of-doing-injustice-to-obc/article68555321.ece
The 'Vote Bank' No One's Talking About — Upper Caste Hindus Firmly Back BJP, NDA
While Muslims and Dalits are often seen as 'vote banks', upper caste Hindus too voted in a consolidated fashion.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #NDA #UpperCaste #MuslimVoters #OBCs #caste #INDIAAlliance #congress #india
How consolidation of dominant castes influenced Lok Sabha results in Karnataka
Observers say Vokkaligas and Lingayats have come together for the first time since 1996 and the impact is evident in the 2024 results.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #karnataka #NDA #vokkaligas #lingayats #OBCs #dalits #adivasis #muslims #JDS #BJP #caste #india
Why Muslims feel besieged
Muslims will measure from tomorrow’s election results the depth to which the hatred against them has plummeted, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #IndianMuslims #reservations #OBCs #islamophobia #rights #BJP
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/why-muslims-feel-besieged-23352430
Election Commission Mum As BJP Video Openly Incites Hatred Against Muslims Again
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, while announcing the schedule of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in March, had warned against fake news on social media but is yet to act.
#karnataka #BJP #HateSpeech #ElectionCommission #LokSabhaElection2024 #congress #RahulGandhi #siddaramaiah #dalits #adivasis #OBCs #IndianMuslims #ElectionCampaign2024 #communalism #hindutva #india
Why the Congress manifesto has rattled corporate monopolies, RSS and BJP
For the first time Nyay Patra, the Congress manifesto, has made social justice a serious election issue by promising nationwide caste census and removal of 50 per cent Supreme Court cap on reservations, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #CongressManifesto #congress #RSS #BJP #CronyCapitalism #privatisation #welfare #OBCs #education #caste #dalits #adivasis #communalism #india
The India of Congress manifesto
The party envisions a country where power is distributed more equitably among social groups than today, and the domination of the upper castes reduced in India’s life, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #congress #CongressManifesto #RahulGandhi #CasteCensus #reservations #OBCs #inequality #congress #india
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/the-india-of-congress-manifesto-23346587
Not the BJP, but the Opposition Has Fielded More OBCs and Dalits in UP This Time
The INDIA bloc’s caste-wise distribution of candidates will not quite follow the ‘Pichda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak’ formula that Akhilesh Yadav promised – but will be a bold political manoeuvre where for the first time in a decade, the BJP will be on the backfoot.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #dalits #OBCs #brahmins #thakurs #BJP #NDA #INDIAAlliance #OppositionParties #caste #elections2024 #india
https://thewire.in/politics/not-bjp-but-opposition-more-obcs-dalits-up
Sidelined by the Sangh, Karnataka's Billava community seeks political representation
Unfulfilled promises of political representation and a feeling of being taken for granted by the BJP are leading to a potential shift in the Billava allegiances in coastal Karnataka.
#karnataka #billavas #RSS #OBCs #shudras #brahmins #casteism #caste #hindutva #elections2024 #BJP #india
Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’
Praveen was murdered by his brother-in-law and four other men.
#TamilNadu #chennai #HonourKilling #IntercasteMarriage #IntercasteLove #CasteViolence #paraiyars #dalits #yadavas #OBCs #caste #casteism #india
Political power is essential for a subaltern party: Thirumavalavan
Dalit leader from Tamil Nadu says extraordinary perseverance is needed to place Dalit ideology and identity within the reality of Dravidian politics.
#interview #TholThirumavalavan #VCK #dalits #OBCs #caste #DravidianPolitics #periyar #EVRPeriyar #ambedkar #BRAmbedkar #DMK #AIADMK #TamilNadu #elections2024 #india
Badaga community members refuse to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the Nilgiris
Hundreds of people from Badaga-dominated Ebbanad staged a protest, preventing the bus from reaching Koranur and Bikkapathy Mund.
#TamilNadu #nilgiris #badagas #casteism #dalits #adivasis #OBCs #PublicTransport #india
Maratha quota Bill passed in Maharashtra Assembly
The bill provides 10% reservation to the community in education and government jobs without altering the state’s existing OBC quota.
#maharashtra #MarathaQuota #OBCs #OBCQuota #reservations #jobs #labour #caste #india
https://scroll.in/latest/1063995/maratha-quota-bill-passed-in-maharashtra-assembly
No reserved posts can be de-reserved: Education ministry clarifies on draft UGC guidelines
The proposal for de-reservation in case of Group C or D should go to the Executive Council of the University and in case of Group A or B should be submitted to the Ministry of Education, giving full details, for necessary approval, as per guidelines.
#UGC #HigherEducation #reservations #EducationMinistry #SCs #STs #OBCs #dalits #adivasis #caste #UnionGovt #india
Draft UGC guidelines seek to open de-reservation window
The UGC has issued draft guidelines for de-reserving vacancies meant for SC, ST and OBC candidates in higher education institutes and open them up for the general category if enough reserved candidates are not available.
#UGC #education #reservations #SCs #STs #OBCs #dalits #adivasis #HigherEducation #caste #india
Rahul Yatra: Congress’s political strategy faces too many constraints for a successful execution
Social justice for vulnerable groups is the ideological plank and a focus on tribal, OBC and Dalit voters is the electoral strategy underpinning the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Pulling it off for the 2024 Lok Sabha election looks a tall order. Asim Ali writes.
#elections2024 #RahulGandhi #BharatJodoNyayYatra #INDIAAlliance #congress #SocialJustice #dalits #OBCs #adivasis #ForestRights #AntiMinorityViolence #india
