Maharashtra Finally Closes the Book on That Old 5% Muslim Reservation Promise
The Maharashtra government under the Mahayuti alliance quietly put an end to something that’s been hanging around like an unresolved argument for over a decade. They issued a Government Resolution (GR) from the Social Justice Department scrapping the 5% reservation that was once promised to certain backward sections of the Muslim community in government jobs, […]
As BJP Eyes Mumbai Mayor Post, Shinde Sena Could Throw Spanner In Works: Sources
Mumbai politics is on the fire after yesterday’s BMC results announced. The Mahayuti alliance (BJP + Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena) totally owned it, ladder 118 seats out of 227. That’s the way to past the 114 needed for majority in India’s richest civic body. Eventually, after four long years with no elected mayor, Mumbai’s getting […]
