Pawar underlines need to lift 50% cap on reservations
The Hindu
NCP chief hints at Home Ministry role in deployment of PegasusAllowing States to identify OBCs meaningless with quota cap, says NCP chief
Central government’s hasty move to pass the bill giving rights to States to identify OBCs without lifting the 50% reservation limit is to deceive the OBC community, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said on August 16. Addressing a press conference on a wide range of issues at the NCP headquarters, Mr. Pawar also targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Pegasus spyware issue, saying that it could be the Home Ministry which has gotten involved and a probe may reveal the truth.
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