Afterwards, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Jagannath Saraka met the students at the Circuit House in Rayagada and offered them food.

Source: https://www.orissapost.com/odisha-hostel-students-walk-25km-to-submit-grievances-before-rayagada-collector/

For Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates, the qualifying aggregate is 65 per cent in class 12 board exams.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/education/jee-main-advanced-2023-75-per-cent-eligibility-criteria-relaxed-for-top-20-percentile-students-each-board-iit-nit-admission

Investigations, though are on, with a student group alleging that he was driven to suicide due to discrimination against Scheduled Caste students on the campus.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/student-dies-in-iit-bombay-suicide-caste-discrimination-alleged-3778362

“Scheduled Caste representation in Dravidian parties is very less.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/thirumavalavan-among-india-bloc-delegates-visiting-manipur/article67139114.ece

The Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM) has urged the government to reserve 40% of the total seats for Plus One courses in Wayanad district for Scheduled Caste students.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/reserve-40-plus-one-seats-for-tribal-children-in-wayanad-agm/article66901212.ece

The presence of Anil Kumar could lead to a split of Scheduled Caste (25% of total votes in the seat) and Lingayat (30%) votes between the BJP and Congress, he says.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/deve-gowda-back-on-the-road-2019-ls-loss-jds-campaign-8575274/

The Tumakuru region, incidentally, is the home district of Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara, who hails from the Scheduled Caste community.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/suicide-minor-girl-in-karnataka-turns-out-to-be-murder-father-brother-arrest-8666864/