UP govt sets up OBC Commission; panchayat polls to be held after assembly polls
Now, it is almost official that the three-tier panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held after the crucial 2027 assembly polls.
Now, it is almost official that the three-tier panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held after the crucial 2027 assembly polls.
Telangana Jagruthi President Kavitha Kalvakuntla on Thursday said that Delimitation should be linked with an OBC sub-quota instead of the Women's Reservation Bill so that OBC women can get their rightful share of representation.
West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Friday announced the constitution of five new cultural & development boards for Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities in the state.
The buzz also is that the Panchayat elections scheduled this year may be postponed after the 2027 Assembly elections, due to 'administrative and technical reasons'.
“If the government listens to certain pressures (from OBC leaders including Food & Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal) and if anything goes wrong, we will challenge the 1994 GR in court which gave our reservation to others. We will not spare anyone then. We will ensure that the 1994 GR is also withdrawn,” he warned the OBC leaders.
A day after their public spat, indicating the ongoing power struggle within the first family of OBC Vanniyar-dominant Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), party founder S Ramadoss and his son, Anbumani, president of the party, buried the hatchet and met to resolve their differences at the former’s residence in Thailapuram, near Villupuram, on Sunday.
The chief minister said the state government has pledged to provide scholarships to students of Haryana belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Scheduled Castes (SC), who are pursuing medical and engineering education in any government college across India.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav has said that his party will hold an agitation on September 1, demanding the inclusion of the findings of the caste survey, conducted in 2023
The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed September 2 for hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Calcutta High Court ruling cancelling all the Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal since 2010.
He said that the state government is positive regarding the demands of the OBC community.
