The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the 10.5 per cent reservation provided to Vanniyars, a Most Backward Community (MBC) in Tamil Nadu, in government jobs and admission to educational institutions
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Observers feel that the smaller OBC castes, which were earlier with SP in significant numbers and shifted to the BSP to a reasonable extent in 2007, gradually shifted to the BJP over the last seven years.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu are campaigning extensively for the rural local body polls to be held in two phases on October 6 and October 9.The polls are to be held in nine districts of the state Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, .
The opposition AIADMK and the BJP are reaching out to the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) to remain in the NDA fold after the latter announced to go solo in the rural local body polls.The PMK on Tuesday announced that it would contest the ensuing .