In Odisha, 95% of the population belongs to a reserved category.
SC: 17%. ST: 23%. SEBC/OBC: ~55%.
The remaining 5%? Brahmins and Karanas. That's it. That is the entire "general category" in Odisha.
Now here is the part nobody talks about.
The Khandayats, traditional Kshatriyas of Odisha, descendants of the great warriors who built the Gajapati Empire, one of the most powerful medieval kingdoms in India, are classified as SEBC. Backward class. They get reservation.
The community that produced the rulers of Odisha for centuries is "backward."
Brahmins are much weaker politically, socially, economically and numerically. Yet they are the ones excluded from every welfare scheme, every quota, every government benefit.
95% of Odisha competes for 50% of seats, jobs, and benefits reserved for them.
5% competes for the other 50%, open to all.
The Supreme Court's Indra Sawhney judgment capped reservation at 50% assuming the general category was a large population competing on merit. In Odisha, that "general category" is 5% of people.
This is not affirmative action. This is not social justice.
When 95% of a population receives state benefits denied to the remaining 5%, there is a word for that.
It is called discrimination and apartheid.
What exactly is an E20-compliant vehicle? By definition, it's a vehicle engineered to safely and reliably run on E20 fuel. That also implies a non-E20-compliant vehicle is not designed for E20. Otherwise, the term "compliant" becomes meaningless.
So my question to Mr. @nitin_gadkari is simple: Why was E20 fuel rolled out nationwide when most vehicles on Indian roads were not E20-compliant?
If the answer is, "Nothing happens. Non-compliant vehicles can also run on E20," then what was the rationale behind mandating manufacturers to produce E20-compliant vehicles in the first place? Either E20 compatibility is technically necessary, in which case introducing E20 before the vehicle fleet was ready was questionable. Or it isn't necessary, in which case the compliance requirement itself appears redundant.
You can't simultaneously argue that E20 compliance is important enough to mandate for new vehicles, yet claim it doesn't matter because older, non-compliant vehicles can run on E20 anyway.
By the same logic, why stop at E20? Why not go full aatm-nirbhar and switch directly to E100? If compatibility doesn't matter, then non-E100-compliant vehicles should run on E100 too. Clearly, that's not how engineering works. So where exactly is the technical justification?
Writers & actors built careers on propaganda, and the industry stayed quiet like cats. Now the same clan mock Dhurandhar. You don’t get to call yourself liberal if your first instinct is to Mock.
Don’t know when truth started getting labeled as propaganda...... strange times.
COMING TO THE POINT.....
I want to tell @AdityaDharFilms & @RanveerOfficial yeh kaala drishti aise nahi jaayega... Muthi bhar ke laal mirch se kaam nahi chalega.... poora khet jalana padega 🔥
Watched #Dhurandhar2TheRevenge last night.... Outstanding film 🙏
A stand up comedian makes a light hearted joke about the industry, and a filmmaker gets triggered. That itself proves the point of the joke.
Zakir didn’t name anyone, didn’t insult anyone. He simply pointed out what everyone can already see, that Dhurandhar’s success has made a few people uncomfortable.
If a simple joke hurts this much, then maybe the insecurity is real. Instead of reacting like this, maybe take it in the spirit it was delivered in.
Not everything is an attack. Sometimes it is just a mirror.
FIR filed on me.
So starting from today,
I love fake paneer
I love urea in food
I love synthetic ghee
I love detergent in milk
I love fake spices
I love artificial colours in food
I love chalk powder in flour
I love plastic rice
I love toxic preservatives
I love everything that slowly kills me because speaking against it is the real crime.
While the govt has gone after FSSAI whistleblowers, has it shown any action against the allegations?
At least re-assure the people that the allegations are false?
Four BJP leaders. One city. And this is the result.
Chhapra’s “Model Development” on display. Open drains, garbage and sewage flowing beside the road.
MLA: Chhoti Kumari (BJP)
MP: Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP)
Deputy Mayor: Ragini Devi (BJP)
Mayor: Laxmi Narayan Gupta (BJP)
@MamataOfficial I'll tell you the reason.
* Bihar got BJP CM (Likely a Brahmin from mithila region)
* WB got a governor with great experience with north east problem.
* One NEW UNION TERRITORY will be formed next.
* Seemanchal UT - Few districts of WB and few from Bihar around chicken neck.
@sardesairajdeep India hasn't picked any side explicitly. Let's stop trying to create a narrative that can incite & cause issues inside India. For once, during such geopolitical upheaval, let's work together as Indians at least in narrative. You have edited 4 times, but still will be ratioed.
Syrian Christians first came to Kerala as refugees fleeing persecution in their native country.
The Hindu Chera king took pity on them and permitted them to settle in India, but on one condition: "You should not kill or eat cows".
Syrian Christians promised the king they would abide by this promise "as long as the sun and moon last".
By this post, the only point you prove is that you betray those who save you. Nothing else.
@ANI Dissent is one thing; pulling this kind of haramkhori at an international event is another. It is completely unacceptable. Where was security?
Should have lathicharged till such time as their bones bent and all of them turned into robo-dogs worthy of display at Galgotias stall.
दो साल पहले MDH और Everest के मसालों में खतरनाक केमिकल मिलने की खबरें आई थीं।
आज सालों बीत चुके हैं—लेकिन जनता को अब तक कोई स्पष्ट जवाब नहीं मिला।
सवाल सीधे हैं और जवाब भी सीधे चाहिए @fssaiindia) से >>
जांच किस स्तर तक पहुँची? पूरी हुई या ठंडे बस्ते में डाल दी गई?
किस लैब रिपोर्ट के आधार पर कार्रवाई हुई और वे रिपोर्ट्स सार्वजनिक क्यों नहीं हैं?
दोषी पाए जाने पर किसे सज़ा मिली और कितना जुर्माना लगा?
क्या लाइसेंस सस्पेंड/कैंसिल हुए या सब “कम्प्लायंस” के नाम पर छोड़ दिया गया?
क्या बाद में री-टेस्टिंग हुईऔर उसके नतीजे कहाँ हैं?
और सबसे बड़ा सवाल 👇
क्या सख़्ती से कानून लागू हुआ या फिर दोबारा कुछ फंड लेकर ok की मुहर लगा दी गई?
जनता मसाले खरीदती है—जहर नहीं। इसलिए पारदर्शिता और जवाबदेही अनिवार्य है।
टीम खुरपेंच आपके स्पष्ट , दस्तावेज़ी जवाब का इंतज़ार करेगी—
क्योंकि सवाल उठेंगे , जब तक जवाब नहीं मिलेंगे।
देश की सबसे ज्यादा भ्रष्ट संस्था FSSAI है, देश में बढ़ रही तमाम बीमारियों के लिए जिम्मेदार है ,इनका जो मैंडेट है उस दिशा में बिल्कुल काम नहीं कर रहे ,
इनकी अपनी कोई रिसर्च या पैरामीटर्स नहीं हैं,सब कॉपी पेस्ट के भरोसे है,टेक्नोलॉजिकली बहुत बैकवर्ड हैं,
पूरी संस्था का बजट कब कौन लील जाता है , कैसे पॉलिसी हाईजैकिंग और ब्लैकमेलिंग होती है , कुछ दिनों में सब आपको बताएंगे ।
She isn’t some random troll, but the national spokesperson of Congress.
If there is still any sensible voice left in the party, they should be asking what exactly posts like these achieve, apart from a few laughs from people who already support Congress.
Is the party so drained of real public issues that this is what its official communication has been reduced to? How does this level of trolling hurt BJP or Modi in any meaningful way? It only exposes a leadership with no plan, no ideas, no goals, and no hope, so all that remains is to troll.