AIADMK claims credit for OBC reservation
The Hindu
‘Party will continue to strive for securing 50% quota’
The AIADMK on Friday claimed that the Centre’s decision to provide 27% reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in admission to medical courses through the all-India quota (AIQ) was due to the legal battle initiated by it. Welcoming the development, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami, coordinator and co-coordinator of the party, in a statement said the rights of the OBCs in all the States had been ensured through their party’s efforts. They said it was their colleague and former Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam who first filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court, demanding 50% reservation for the OBCs in AIQ.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.