Karnataka Govt notifies draft rules on quotas for OCI candidates in medical admissions
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has notified draft rules outlining reservation norms for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) candidates in medical education, in line with directions from the Supreme Court.
According to the draft notification, OCI individuals born on or before March 4, 2021, or those who held an OCI card before that date, will not be entitled to any reservation benefits applicable to Indian citizens, as reported by Deccan Herald.
However, OCI candidates born on or after March 5, 2021, or those who obtained OCI cards after that date, will be eligible for admission only under Non-Resident Indian (NRI) seats or supernumerary seats. The state government has invited objections and suggestions to the draft rules within 15 days.
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EC no longer protector of democracy but key participant in 'vote chori' conspiracy: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that what is being done in Gujarat in the name of SIR is a "well-planned, organised, and strategic vote chori", with the Election Commission becoming a key participant in the "conspiracy of vote theft".
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been transformed into a weapon to destroy the constitutional right of "one person, one vote", so that the BJP, not the people, decides who will be in power.
"Wherever there's SIR, there's vote theft. What is being done in Gujarat in the name of SIR is not any kind of administrative process, it is a well-planned, organised, and strategic vote chori," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.
The most shocking and dangerous thing is that thousands upon thousands of objections were filed under the same name, he claimed.
"Votes were selectively removed from specific communities and booths that support the Congress party. Wherever the BJP sees a potential defeat, voters are simply made to disappear from the system," Gandhi alleged.
"This same pattern was seen in Aland. The same thing happened in Rajura. And now the same blueprint is being implemented in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and every state where SIR has been imposed," he said.
"The most serious truth is that the Election Commission is no longer the protector of democracy, but has become a key participant in this conspiracy of vote theft," Gandhi said.
His remarks came over Gujarat Congress' social media post in which it alleged that after Rahul Gandhi exposed vote manipulation, the BJP has adopted a next-level model of election rigging.
"Election rigging means the theft of your voting rights, and this new game has come to light in Gujarat. According to the rules, the Election Commission, after the SIR, released the draft list and began accepting objections, setting January 18 as the final date. Only a handful of objections were received until January 15, but the real game began afterward. Under a conspiracy, millions of objections (Form 7) were suddenly submitted," the party's state unit claimed.
When the Election Commission released the 1.2 million objections, it became clear that rules were being flouted to target specific castes, communities, and regions. Dozens of objections were filed in the name of a single person, with different names and signatures, while the Election Commission remained a "silent spectator", it further alleged.
"When the main opposition party writes a letter requesting information about the objections, they receive no response, making the election rigging completely evident. This is because the Election Commission has mortgaged both its responsibility and accountability to the ruling party," the party claimed.
जहाँ-जहाँ SIR, वहाँ-वहाँ वोट चोरी।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 24, 2026
गुजरात में SIR के नाम पर जो कुछ किया जा रहा है, वह किसी भी तरह की प्रशासनिक प्रक्रिया नहीं है - यह सुनियोजित, संगठित और रणनीतिक वोट चोरी है।
सबसे चौंकाने वाली और ख़तरनाक बात यह है कि एक ही नाम से हज़ारों-हज़ार आपत्तियाँ दर्ज की गईं।
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