V P Singh

Remembering V.P. Singh , the Man Known for the OBC Cause

Counter Currents - 2022-01-15 - Original post - Cached copy

Debashish Mukerji’s new book The Disruptor How Vishwanath Pratap Singh shook India has come at a rather topical time as the OBC reservation issue is back in the news. I have another reason to relate to the subject as I covered the OBC agitation in the 1980s in Maharashtra for the Times of India. And I had occasion to preside[Read More...]

Conspicuous silence of political parties on OBC reservation issues in the North

Counter Currents - 2021-07-05 - Original post - Cached copy

June 25th,  2021 marked 90th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister V P Singh but went unnoticed for the majority of the leaders who benefitted from his politics and good will generated by him. Except for Tejasvi Yadav who remembered Singh mentioning his bold initiative to implement Mandal Commission Report, there was no other north Indian leader particularly from OBCs[Read More...]

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