Podcast | Will BJP’s Ship Sail or Sink With 10% Quota for EWS?

The big question is, what made the BJP-led government take this decision so close to the elections?

Published: 08 Jan 2019, 7:34 PM IST

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The Union Cabinet on Monday, 7 January, announced 10 percent quota in jobs and education for the economically backward upper castes.

The designated quota comes above and after the already-existing quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and makes the reservation percentage 60 percent in total.

But the big question is, what made the BJP-led government take this decision so close to the elections? And will that make the ship sink or sail? Tune in to The Big Story for more!

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