Tag: Ramdas Athawale

Union minister Ramdas Athawale favours increase in reservation

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Thursday favoured a 25 per cent increase in reservation to accommodate a few other castes. Addressing a press conference here, the minister of state for social justice and empowerment said communities such as the Marathas in Maharashtra, the Patels in Gujarat and the Jats in Haryana were demanding reservation. The...

September 1, 2017

Nothing wrong if one doesn’t recite Vande Mataram: Minister

Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said there was nothing wrong if one didn't recite the national song 'Vande Mataram.' Athawale, the leader of Republican Party of India (A), said the issue of the national song was being brought out deliberately to cause feud among communities. “Everybody should recite Vande Mataram, but if it is not...

August 1, 2017

Athawale supports right to eat beef, warns cow vigilantes

Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale on Friday said "everybody has a right to eat beef" and promised action against cow vigilantes who assault and lynch people in the name of cow protection. Addressing the media, he said in recent months, many people have been beaten, some of whom lost their lives,...

July 14, 2017

Reservations to continue till casteism eliminated: Athawale

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said the reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) will continue as long as there is casteism. Stating that the SCs and STs continue to face discrimination, he said to do away with caste-based reservation, the society will have to...

January 22, 2017

Reservations to continue till casteism eliminated: Athawale

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said the reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) will continue as long as there is casteism. Stating that the SCs and STs continue to face discrimination, he said to do away with caste-based reservation, the society will have to...

January 22, 2017