BJP has allocating one third of the tickets to upper caste non-Jat communities like Brahmins, Punjabi-Khatri, Vaish and Rajputs while the Congress has allocated one third of tickets to Jats and ...

It is no secret that the state is bitterly divided on caste lines. The Jat vs non-Jat divide plays a key role in the outcome of polls. While around 25 percent of total electorate in Haryana are ...

The new name, Shri Guru Ravidass Marg, honors a 14th century guru and reformer who sought to end caste-based distinctions.

BJP has fielded 22 OBCs and Congress 28 Jats in Haryana assembly polls. In 36 seats, both parties have fielded candidates of ...

Hyderabad: The BC Commission led by chairman G. Niranjan, met with keep officials to firm up plans for the proposed caste survey in the state. The two-hour meeting discussed the procedures to be ...

As far as caste ... Jat Sikhs, 17 Scheduled Castes, 20 Backward Classes (BCs), including Gujjars and Ahirs, five Brahmins, two Baniyas, seven Punjabis and one each from Bishnoi, Ror, Rajput and ...

The Centre is deliberating over adding a caste column to the census, but no decision has been taken yet, government sources told India Today TV. The Opposition and some parties within the NDA such ...