10% reservation for upper castes is Modi's election gimmick: Binoy Viswam
Mangaluru, Jan 12: National Secretary of State for Communist Party of India (CPI) and Rajya Sabha Member Binoy Viswam has said that the ten per cent reservation for upper castes was an election gimmick of PM Modi.
Addressing a press conference in the City, he said "earlier also such kind of attempts were made, but the Supreme Court had not given its node. Besides, such efforts were made by the governments of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu; but did not succeed. The BJP, which opposes the Mandal Commission, is planning to set up such policies without considering the constitutional rules.
CPI national commission member PV Lokesh, state secretary Sati Sundaresh, CPI leaders HV Rao, CPI DK and Udupi District Secretary V. Kukian and others were present.
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Deepavali inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list
New Delhi (PTI:) India's Deepavali -- the festival of light -- was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi.
This is the first time that India is hosting a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
The 20th session of the panel is underway from December 8 to 13 at the Red Fort.
Chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as UNESCO announced that the Deepavali festival has been added to the coveted list.
India currently has 15 elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these include the Kumbh Mela, Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba dance of Gujarat, yoga, the tradition of Vedic chanting and Ramlila - the traditional performance of the epic 'Ramayana'.
