India News: PM Modi may have sparked a row by accusing Congress of snatching reservation from OBCs and SC/STs to give it to Muslims, but in Karnataka, which he ci.
The man who implemented caste-based reservations long before the Mandal Commission, is suddenly being celebrated by one and all. No prizes for guessing why
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Karpoori Thakur is considered a pioneer of the idea of reservation in government jobs for the backward sections. In 1978, he brought in 26 per cent reservation for backward classes in Bihar. He is remembered for implementing the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission, which introduced these quotas. This eventually set off a chain of events that led to the Mandal Commission recommendations in the 1990s
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