In earlier governments, SC, ST, and OBC families were made to live in slums, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a public rally in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka. “The biggest beneficiaries of the Modi government are SC, ST, and OBC families. In earlier governments, SC, ST, and OBC families were made to live in slums, they did not have access to electricity and water. They had lost all hope in the government. Your lost faith has been reinstated in the Modi government because of Mod’s guarantee. In the last 10 years, 25 crore people have come out of poverty,” the PM said.
Accusing the Congress of being against the Other Backward Classes, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday said even if the opposition party wants to do away with the reservation given to SC, ST and OBCs, the BJP will not allow that to happen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi belongs to the OBC community, he said, adding that it was Modi who implemented schemes for people of small backward classes. Shah was addressing an election rally in support of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, the BJP’s candidate and sitting MP from the Kota Lok Sabha seat. “Even if the Congress party wants to remove SC, ST and OBC reservation… we will not allow it. This is Modi’s guarantee,” he asserted. The Congress is a party which opposes Other Backward Classes (OBC), Shah alleged.
India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 37.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in its standalone profit at Rs 16,512 crore in the March quarter. Its net interest income (NII) during the quarter grew by 24.5 per cent to Rs 29,077 crore. While announcing its quarterly numbers, HDFC Bank also declared a dividend of Rs 19.5 per share for FY24.
