New Delhi, February 8 (IANS): Rajya Sabha member and former Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Narhari Amin on Thursday refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born into the Other Backward Class (OBC) community.
A 7-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 6) began hearing the referred matter on the permissibility of sub-classification among Scheduled Castes (SC)& Scheduled Tribes.
The top court's 2004 judgement held that states do not have the power to further sub-classify the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for grant of quotas
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