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2024-04-26 00:10:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1B3B01FF2166B5F0A2BFE4B3BC9387D39964E42CCF11D47F383A831E48666DE8
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Original Note:
OP claims it is fake news that Deve Gowda govt implemented Muslim OBC quota in 1995. The claim is false. It was indeed _implemented_ in 1995. The 1994 _notification_ was stayed by Supreme Court: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/deve-gowda-government-implemented-karnataka-muslim-reservation-within-obc-2531361-2024-04-25 Also Muslim communities were classified as backward back in 1977: https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/fact-check-did-siddaramaiah-include-muslims-now-in-the-obc-reservation-list
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