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Darshan Solanki's death is being painted as caste discrimination citing that his 'general category' roommate had asked him about his JEE rank.

RSS body and other organisations said that reservation benefits should not be extended to Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians.

AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel said the march would take place during the upcoming winter session of the Maharashtra assembly.

The Supreme Court of India upheld the Constitutional validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which grants a 10 per cent reservation to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) for unreserved categories

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat called for the discarding of varna and jaati, adding that they has no relevance in the present age.

With several such pleas pending in the court, that demand reservation for "Dalit Christians" and "Dalit Muslims", according to media reports, the government is now mulling setting up a panel to study the condition of those Dalits who convert to Christianity or Islam.

DMK submitted in SC that including upper castes in the scope of the 10% reservation for EWS would make a mockery of reservation.

Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Union Government, asking for their response in a plea that said those Dalit Hindus who had converted to Christianity or Islam should be given the same reservation benefits as extended to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category.

In 2010, BJP had revolted against Ranganath Mishra Commission report that recommended reservation for "Dalits from all communities", including Christians and Muslims.

The SC sought centre's response to a plea that the Dalits who have converted to Islam and Christianity should be eligible for the same quota benefits as reserved for Scheduled Castes