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MAKING THEM POLITICAL FODDER: Bengal announces job reservations for OBC Muslims.

MAKING THEM POLITICAL FODDER: Bengal announces job reservations for OBC Muslims.

Quota in, quota out: How Bengal, Andhra play it out

West Bengal on Monday announced 10 percent job reservations for OBC Muslims--a move many say is a bid to win minority votes ahead of assembly elections. Surprisingly the decision came the same day the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the idea of religion based employment quotas and cancelled the government's 4 percent quota.

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Govt adds more cream to quota's creamy layer

Ahead of polls, the Central Government has decided to extend some more benefit to the OBCs.

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