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People of Scheduled Caste were allegedly not allowed entry into a temple at Kadaga village of Hassan district, Karnataka, by members of upper castes, as per media reports

A funeral procession of a Dalit man in Tamil Nadu was halted after the upper caste in the region refused to allow the procession to pass through their agricultural lands

Months after the brutal murder of Dalit man, Pranay, for allegedly marrying an 'upper caste' woman Amrutha, the accused have been granted bail even though cases under Preventive Detention Act had been filed. Amrutha has said that the bail puts their lives at risk.

The BJP’s ally SUBHASPA, headed by OP Rajbhar, the Cabinet minister in the state, has got an opportunity to put pressure on chief minister Yogi Adityanath to go in for a quota within the 27% of the OBC reservation

After reservation for upper caste poor across all religions, the Modi government is planning to transfer Rs 2,000-2,500 per month to every BPL household as part of its welfare push through DBT.

The BJP's aim is to woo back the upper castes, who have so far been taken for granted by the party. To start off, the Modi government on Monday okayed 10% quota for upper caste poor over and above the existing quotas.

The Narendra Modi dispensation might have delivered one of the biggest clinchers for the 2019 general elections as the Cabinet on Monday cleared 10% reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes across all religions

MyNation, on September 12, 2018, was the first to report that the Modi government was seriously mulling the introduction of income-based reservation for upper castes. Constitution would soon be amended for making way for this reservation without touching those for the SC/ST and OBC
 

Assuming that most of the NOTA votes in MP came from disgruntled BJP voters, especially from the high castes, who were irked by the Centre’s SC/ST Amendment Act, NOTA went on to dwarf several other political outfits, including the AAP and Samajwadi Party.

The state, however it remains an open secret with no leader wanting to dwell on issues that actually matter in the state.  

Out of a total of 70 appointments, only 16 were from the upper castes. Out of the 54 appointments from the backward castes, 31 were in terms of merit