OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Submit Data On OBCs To State Commission
2 years, 11 months ago

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Submit Data On OBCs To State Commission

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today asked the State of Maharashtra to submit the data and information available with the State concerning Other Backward Classes with the Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar also said that the Committee may submit the interim report if so advised to the concerned authorities within 2 weeks. The Supreme Court today asked the State of Maharashtra to submit the data and information available with the State concerning Other Backward Classes with the Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission. The state has also sought recall of the order dated December 15, 2021 in which the Top Court had directed the State Government and State Election Commission to notify the 27% reserved seats for the OBC in Maharashtra local body elections as general seats and take forward the election process. The bench on December 6, 2021 had stayed the 27% quota and allowed election process in the remaining seats observing that the Ordinance brought by the Maharashtra Government to provide the 27% OBC reservation was an attempt to overreach the judgment of the Supreme Court in Vikas Kishanrao Gawali v State Of Maharashtra and Ors LL 2021 SC 13, which had quashed the 27% OBC quota as it was introduced without following the "triple tests'' laid down inKrishna Murthy & Ors.

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OBCs vs Marathas: The Battle for Reservation and Inclusion
1 month, 4 weeks ago

OBCs vs Marathas: The Battle for Reservation and Inclusion

India Today  

The Maharashtra assembly election has turned into a battle between the OBCs and the dominant Marathas. Prakash Ambedkar, president of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), says the OBC quotas will go after the assembly election, followed by the SC and ST reservations once the report on sub-categorisation is submitted. The OBCs oppose the demand of the Marathas and feel they …

BJP Victory in Haryana: A Shot in the Arm for the MVA in Maharashtra
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP Victory in Haryana: A Shot in the Arm for the MVA in Maharashtra

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) unexpected victory in the Haryana assembly elections has come as a shot in the arm for the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra amid an air of uncertainty. While opposition leaders played down the statements, some admitted that the MVA should regard the BJP's victory in Haryana as a warning sign.

OBC Quota in Local Body Polls: HC Demands Compliance Status Report
4 months, 2 weeks ago

OBC Quota in Local Body Polls: HC Demands Compliance Status Report

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to appraise it about the time required to comply with the triple test and conditions mandated by the Supreme Court before reserving seats in the local bodies for OBCs. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Sreenivas Rao, on Tuesday directed the Advocate General A. …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Over OBC Exclusion From Reservation In Bihar Municipal Bodies
9 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Over OBC Exclusion From Reservation In Bihar Municipal Bodies

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea raising the issue of exclusion of Other Backward Classes from the scope of 'triple test' for reservation in Municipal Elections of Bihar.The order was passed by a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan in petitioner's challenge to a Patna High Court judgment delivered on January 31, which dismissed …

Prakash Ambedkar lays out agenda for MVA, demands OBC quota in Parl, state assembly
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Prakash Ambedkar lays out agenda for MVA, demands OBC quota in Parl, state assembly

Hindustan Times  

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar has laid out a 39-point agenda for a Common Minimum Programme of the Maha Vikas Aghadi combine. The VBA leader has covered issues like social justice, agriculture and land reforms in the document. Besides demanding a caste census, Ambedkar has sought reserved seats for Other Backward Class in the Lok Sabha and state assembly. …

Caste census ‘necessary’ to determine count of OBCs in India: Priyanka Gandhi
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste census ‘necessary’ to determine count of OBCs in India: Priyanka Gandhi

Live Mint  

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said that the caste census is necessary to know the exact number of OBCs in the country. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was addressing the rally in Madhya Pradesh' Damoh where she said, “Caste census is necessary to know the exact number of OBCs in the country,” PTI reported. Earlier, Congress MP from Wayanad …

Rajasthan announces 6% reservation to most backward castes within OBCs
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan announces 6% reservation to most backward castes within OBCs

Live Mint  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday informed that the state government is set to allocate a six per cent quota for the Most Backward Castes within the Other Backward Classes. "A survey will be conducted by the OBC commission to identify the most backward castes in the OBC category and the commission will submit the report in a time-bound …

Biju Janata Dal regime in Odisha has an anti-OBC mindset, says Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
1 year, 8 months ago

Biju Janata Dal regime in Odisha has an anti-OBC mindset, says Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

The Hindu  

The Biju Janata Dal government in Odisha led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is all set to conduct a comprehensive survey of the social and educational conditions of the Other Backward Classes, which constitute close to 54% of the State’s population. Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has been a strong critic of the State government’s …

Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday permitted notifications for setting up the election process for the local bodies in the State of Uttar Pradesh with OBC quota within two days. It allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes …

SC gives nod to Uttar Pradesh to hold local body elections
1 year, 8 months ago

SC gives nod to Uttar Pradesh to hold local body elections

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on March 27 gave the Uttar Pradesh Government permission to hold local body elections on being informed that the State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission has completed its “contemporaneous rigorous empirical investigation” to identify backward classes who deserve political representation in local bodies. On January 4, the top court stayed the High Court direction to Uttar …

Supreme Court paves way for UP local body polls with OBC reservation, notification in 2 days
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court paves way for UP local body polls with OBC reservation, notification in 2 days

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday accepted a report submitted by the UP Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission, paving the way for the notification of elections to 734 municipal bodies in the state. In January, the Supreme Court had stayed the Allahabad High Court verdict directing the state to hold municipal body elections without OBC reservation, and had allowed an …

Odisha Cabinet Approves Decision to Add 22 New Castes to State OBC List
1 year, 11 months ago

Odisha Cabinet Approves Decision to Add 22 New Castes to State OBC List

The Quint  

How much reservation do OBCs get in Odisha? However, whenever the government has tried to raise the quota, it has been struck down by the courts for crossing the 50% ceiling of total reservation set by the Supreme Court in the 1993 Indra Sawhney judgment. For example, Orissa High Court had struck down the Odisha Reservation of Posts and Services …

Supreme Court stay on Allahabad High Court order on U.P. civic polls deviates from its earlier judgment
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court stay on Allahabad High Court order on U.P. civic polls deviates from its earlier judgment

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court stay of a direction of the Allahabad High Court to immediately notify local body polls in Uttar Pradesh in the general/open category without reserving seats for Other Backward Classes is a deviation from its own May 10, 2022 judgment concerning local body elections in Madhya Pradesh. The Allahabad High Court had applied the May 10 judgment in …

SC stays Allahabad HC order to conduct local body polls without OBC quota
1 year, 11 months ago

SC stays Allahabad HC order to conduct local body polls without OBC quota

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Allahabad high court that allowed elections for chairpersons of state municipal bodies in Uttar Pradesh to be notified without any reservation for backward classes — a decision that comes as a relief for the UP government since the issue has become a political hot potato in the state. In Uttar …

Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To Conduct UP Local Body Elections Without OBC Quota
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To Conduct UP Local Body Elections Without OBC Quota

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court's direction to the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission to notify the Urban Local Body Polls without OBC reservation.Also, to ensure smooth administration in local bodies whose terms have expired, the Court allowed the delegation of powers to a 3-member body headed by the District Magistrate, with a condition that no …

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court order to conduct U.P. local body polls without OBC reservation
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court order to conduct U.P. local body polls without OBC reservation

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an Allahabad High Court direction to the State of Uttar Pradesh to hold local body elections without reservation for Other Backward Classes. The High Court had, on December 27, 2022, ordered elections to be held without OBC reservation after discovering that Uttar Pradesh had not complied with the “triple-test” criteria mandated by the Supreme …

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court To Hear UP Government's Petition Against HC Order On 4th Jan
1 year, 11 months ago

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court To Hear UP Government's Petition Against HC Order On 4th Jan

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha stated that the court will hear the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government against the Allahabad High Court’s decision asking the State to conduct urban local body polls without OBC reservations on 4th January. The Allahabad High Court had directed the State Election Commission to immediately notify …

Panel on OBC quota for U.P. municipal polls to submit prelim report in three months
1 year, 11 months ago

Panel on OBC quota for U.P. municipal polls to submit prelim report in three months

The Hindu  

The committee formed by the Uttar Pradesh government to look into the issue of reservation for the Other Backward Classes in local bodies is likely to submit its preliminary report in three months, and will take two or three more months to complete the remaining procedures. Speaking with media persons after the panel’s first meeting, the committee’s chairman Justice Ram …

UP govt moves top court against HC's order to conduct urban local body polls sans OBC quota
1 year, 11 months ago

UP govt moves top court against HC's order to conduct urban local body polls sans OBC quota

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government has moved Supreme Court, challenging Allahabad High Court’s recent order to conduct urban local body polls without an OBC reservation. The state has filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the order which quashed the state government's draft notification regarding urban local body elections. According to the state’s notification, the committee will conduct …

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against an Allahabad High Court direction to hold local body elections in the State without reservation for Other Backward Classes. The case raises the fundamental question whether quota for political representation in urban self-government bodies can be equated with reservation in higher education and public employment for socially and economically …

Akhilesh Yadav asks for U.P. Assembly session to discuss OBC quota in urban bodies
1 year, 11 months ago

Akhilesh Yadav asks for U.P. Assembly session to discuss OBC quota in urban bodies

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to convene a special session of the State Assembly to discuss the issue of Other Backward Classes reservation in urban local bodies after the Allahabad High Court’s decision to quash OBC reservation. Government’s conscience is clear, it must hold a special session of the State Legislature, so that …

UP Govt Moves Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Order To Conduct UP Urban Body Polls Sans OBC Quota
1 year, 11 months ago

UP Govt Moves Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Order To Conduct UP Urban Body Polls Sans OBC Quota

Live Law  

Two days after the Allahabad High Court directed the State Election Commission/State Government to immediately notify the Urban Local Body Polls without providing OBC reservations, the UP Government has moved an SLP before the Apex Court challenging Allahabad HC's verdict.It may be noted that on December 27, the bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Saurabh Lavania quashed. Two …

UP Local Polls: Yogi Govt Moves SC over HC Order Allowing Elections Without OBC Reservation
1 year, 11 months ago

UP Local Polls: Yogi Govt Moves SC over HC Order Allowing Elections Without OBC Reservation

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday moved Supreme Court demanding reservation for Other Backward Classes in the upcoming urban local body elections. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC had given a green signal to the conduct of local body polls in the state without OBC reservation on Tuesday. The four other members are retired Indian Administrative Service officers Chaub …

UP Urban Body Polls| State Govt Constitutes A Committee For OBC Quota Survey To Fulfill 'Triple Test' Formality
1 year, 11 months ago

UP Urban Body Polls| State Govt Constitutes A Committee For OBC Quota Survey To Fulfill 'Triple Test' Formality

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Wednesday constituted a 5 member committee to carry out a survey to ensure adequate reservation for OBCs in the State Urban Body Polls by fulfilling the “triple test” formality as mandated by the Supreme Court.The decision to set up the committee was made by the state government a day after the Allahabad High Court directed. …

OBC quota row in UP: What is it about? What is CM Yogi's triple-test formula now?
1 year, 11 months ago

OBC quota row in UP: What is it about? What is CM Yogi's triple-test formula now?

India Today  

The Urban Local Body elections, which are supposed to be the last major polls in Uttar Pradesh before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, have been sucked into a caste row even before they could be conducted. On Tuesday, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered the UP government and the state election commission to hold the ULB elections …

Will not go ahead with local polls without OBC reservations: K.P. Maurya
1 year, 11 months ago

Will not go ahead with local polls without OBC reservations: K.P. Maurya

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the State government was ready to approach the Supreme Court, if required, after the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered that local body elections in the State be held without reservations for Other Backward Classes. The High Court had added that the State had not done enough to follow the …

UP govt appoints 5-member panel on OBC reservation in urban local body polls despite court setback on matter
1 year, 11 months ago

UP govt appoints 5-member panel on OBC reservation in urban local body polls despite court setback on matter

India TV News  

OBC reservation in UP: A day after Allahabad High Court's big decision over the matter, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday appointed a five-member panel for providing reservations to Other Backward Classes in urban local body elections. The Urban Development department released a notice, stating the panel's tenure would be for a six-month period from the day of taking charge …

After Allahabad HC order on urban local body polls, UP govt constitutes committee for OBC reservations
1 year, 11 months ago

After Allahabad HC order on urban local body polls, UP govt constitutes committee for OBC reservations

India Today  

After the Allahabad High Court ordered that the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh should be held without reserving seats for Other Backward Classes, the Yogi Adityanath government has formed a committee to ensure reservations for OBCs on the basis of 'triple test' process. HC QUASHES GOVT'S NOTIFICATION On Tuesday, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered …

Allahabad HC decision on Urban polls without OBC reservation rises political temperature in U.P.
1 year, 11 months ago

Allahabad HC decision on Urban polls without OBC reservation rises political temperature in U.P.

The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court’s decision on Tuesday ordering the Uttar Pradesh government to notify the Urban Local body polls at the earliest without any reservation for the Other Backward Classes has heated up the political temperature in the State. Reacting to the High Court’s decision amid the Opposition’s allegations, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “Uttar Pradesh government will set a …

Despite court setback, Yogi Adityanath firm on OBC reservation: Here's what UP CM said
1 year, 11 months ago

Despite court setback, Yogi Adityanath firm on OBC reservation: Here's what UP CM said

India TV News  

OBC reservation in UP: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the state government will go ahead with reservation to Other Backward Classes in the local urban body elections and will hold a survey under guidelines set by the Supreme Court. The chief minister's remarks came following the Allahabad High Court's judgment quashing the state government's December …

ULB Polls Quota Matter| Allahabad HC Extends Stay On Issuance Of Polls Notification Till Dec 21, Clubs Similar Pleas
2 years ago

ULB Polls Quota Matter| Allahabad HC Extends Stay On Issuance Of Polls Notification Till Dec 21, Clubs Similar Pleas

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today clubbed all the pleas moved before it challenging the State government's December 5 notification whereby it sought objections to fixing of OBC quota in the Urban Local Body Elections. The Court has also extended its earlier order restraining the State Election Commission from announcing Urban Local Body Elections notification till tomorrow. It may be noted …

ULB Polls| State Fulfills 'Triple Test' Formality For OBC Quota: UP Govt Informs Allahabad High Court
2 years ago

ULB Polls| State Fulfills 'Triple Test' Formality For OBC Quota: UP Govt Informs Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

Responding to the query of the Allahabad High Court, the Uttar Pradesh Government has informed the HC that in essence, it is complying with the 'Triple Test' mandate of the Supreme Court to institute OBC quotas in Urban Local Body Elections.The State Government has also made a categorical submission before the HC that the survey of Other Backward Classes conducted …

Allahabad High Court Restrains State Election Commission From Issuing ULB Polls Notification Till December 20
2 years ago

Allahabad High Court Restrains State Election Commission From Issuing ULB Polls Notification Till December 20

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today further restrained the State Election Commission from issuing Urban Local Bodies' election notification till December 20. The order was made after the UP Government sought a further 3 days' time to file its reply to the query raised by the Allahabad High Court on Monday. Essentially, on Monday, the High Court had asked the UP …

UP Govt Seeks 1-Day Time To File Reply On 'Triple Test' Query: Allahabad HC Extends Stay On Issuance Of ULB Polls Notification
2 years ago

UP Govt Seeks 1-Day Time To File Reply On 'Triple Test' Query: Allahabad HC Extends Stay On Issuance Of ULB Polls Notification

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Government today sought 1 day time to file its reply to the query raised by the Allahabad High Court on Monday whether, in the process of reserving the seats for the purpose of Urban Local Bodies' election, the State Government completed the 'Triple Test' formalities as mandated by the Supreme Court.Granting one day time to the UP …

ULB Polls: Allahabad HC Stays Announcement Of Dates, Asks UP Govt Whether 'Triple Test' Procedure For OBC Quota Completed
2 years ago

ULB Polls: Allahabad HC Stays Announcement Of Dates, Asks UP Govt Whether 'Triple Test' Procedure For OBC Quota Completed

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday restrained the State Election Commission from announcing Urban Local Body Elections notification till today. The State Government has also been restrained from making a final order reserving wards based on the draft order issued on December 5.The bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Saurabh Srivastava ordered thus while hearing a Public. Aggrieved …

Bihar BJP seeks Governor's intervention in deferment of civic polls
2 years, 2 months ago

Bihar BJP seeks Governor's intervention in deferment of civic polls

The Hindu  

A delegation of Bihar BJP leaders has met Governor Phagu Chouhan and sought his intervention in the deferment of civic polls in the light of the Patna High Court declaring "illegal" reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes. In a circular issued on October 4 following the High Court Order, the State Election Commission informed all …

Patna High Court Holds OBC/EBC Quota In Bihar Municipal Body Polls Illegal, Directs SEC To Renotify OBC/EBC Seats As General Category
2 years, 2 months ago

Patna High Court Holds OBC/EBC Quota In Bihar Municipal Body Polls Illegal, Directs SEC To Renotify OBC/EBC Seats As General Category

Live Law  

In a significant decision, the Patna High Court on Tuesday held that the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes in urban local body elections were illegal. For context, in the Vikas Kishanrao Gawali case, the Apex Court had noted that a triple test is to be followed before provisioning reservation for the OBC category. Against …

Bihar Municipal Poll Schedule in Jeopardy as HC Declares Quotas for OBCs Illegal
2 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Municipal Poll Schedule in Jeopardy as HC Declares Quotas for OBCs Illegal

News 18  

The Patna High Court on Tuesday declared as illegal reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes for election to municipal bodies in Bihar and ordered that polls be held only after treating such berths as those of general category. JD parliamentary board chief Upendra Kushwaha alleged in a series of tweets that the unfortunate high court …

SC asks Patna HC to hear plea on OBC quota in Bihar civic polls
2 years, 3 months ago

SC asks Patna HC to hear plea on OBC quota in Bihar civic polls

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Patna High Court to take up at an early date a plea seeking direction to the Bihar government to implement reservation for OBCs in local bodies by fulfilling the triple test laid down by it. In December 2021, the top court had ruled that reservation for OBCs in local bodies would not be …

Maha Local Body Polls: SC Asks Govt, Election Body to Maintain Status Quo
2 years, 4 months ago

Maha Local Body Polls: SC Asks Govt, Election Body to Maintain Status Quo

The Quint  

In December 2021, it ruled reservation for OBCs in local bodies will not be allowed unless the government fulfils the triple test laid down in the SC's 2010 order. The triple test required the state government to set up a dedicated commission to gather data on the backwardness of OBCs in every local body, to specify the proportion of reservation …

Supreme Court Directs Status Quo On OBC Reservations In Maharashtra Local Polls
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Status Quo On OBC Reservations In Maharashtra Local Polls

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed status quo to be maintained in the matter pertaining to OBC reservations in Maharashtra local elections. A special bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, was considering an application filed by the State of Maharashtra seeking recall of the July 20 …

Supreme Court Allows OBC Quota in Local Body Polls in Maharashtra
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Allows OBC Quota in Local Body Polls in Maharashtra

The Quint  

The apex court added that it has said what it wanted and the authority concerned has understood. The bench dealt with the application filed by Maharashtra which said that the poll panel should be permitted to proceed with the election process of the remaining local bodies on the basis of the report of the dedicated commission for reservation for other …

'Panel Suggestions Can't Be Taken After Poll Notifications': SC on OBC Quota in Maha Local Bodies
2 years, 5 months ago

'Panel Suggestions Can't Be Taken After Poll Notifications': SC on OBC Quota in Maha Local Bodies

News 18  

The Supreme Court Tuesday said the suggestions of the commission appointed by the Maharashtra government on grant of OBC reservation in local bodies polls cannot be accommodated for the areas where the election programme has already been notified. On May 4, the apex court directed the Maharashtra State Election Commission to notify the programme for local bodies elections within two …

OBC Quota In Maharashtra Local Body Polls : Supreme Court Says Suggestions Of Backward Classes Commission Can't Be Accommodated After Election Process Has Been Notified
2 years, 5 months ago

OBC Quota In Maharashtra Local Body Polls : Supreme Court Says Suggestions Of Backward Classes Commission Can't Be Accommodated After Election Process Has Been Notified

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, made it abundantly clear that suggestions of the Commission appointed by the Maharashtra Government to ascertain the extent of OBC reservation required to be provided in its local bodies elections cannot be accommodated for the areas for which the election programme has already been notified. Pursuant to the said report of the dedicated Commission, the …

Maharashtra Local Bodies Poll Not To Be Held Without OBC Reservation, Says NCP Leader
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra Local Bodies Poll Not To Be Held Without OBC Reservation, Says NCP Leader

News 18  

NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has demanded that elections to the local municipal bodies in Maharashtra, scheduled next month, should not be held without providing reservation to the OBCs, and claimed that the state Backward Classes Commission’s report on quota for the community is ready. It is our firm stand that without announcing the OBC reservation, elections to the civic bodies …

OBCs get only 9-13% reservation in panchayat polls, claims Kamal Nath
2 years, 6 months ago

OBCs get only 9-13% reservation in panchayat polls, claims Kamal Nath

India TV News  

Highlights Congress accused the BJP-led state government of doing "grave injustice" to OBCs. A day after the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission announced the schedule of three-tier panchayat polls, the Opposition Congress accused the BJP-led state government of doing "grave injustice" to the other backward classes. The allegation was made by the state Congress chief Kamal Nath, who highlighted district-wise …

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls
2 years, 7 months ago

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, the Maharashtra government had a setback when the Supreme Court directed the State to release the schedule for local civic polls across the state within two weeks, upholding its stay on reservations for Other Backward Classes. Local body elections in Maharashtra have been on hold since the apex Court stayed the 27 per cent …

Day after SC Order, Congress to Field 27% OBC Candidates in Madhya Pradesh Local Body Polls
2 years, 7 months ago

Day after SC Order, Congress to Field 27% OBC Candidates in Madhya Pradesh Local Body Polls

News 18  

The Congress will field 27% Other Backward Class candidates in the upcoming local body polls in Madhya Pradesh, the party announced on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered the State Election Commission to hold MP’s civic and panchayat elections without the OBC quota. SHIVRAJ GOVT UNDER FIRE Adding to the pressure on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, former …

OBC reservation | Maharashtra parties blame BJP for Supreme Court ruling on civic polls in Madhya Pradesh without quota
2 years, 7 months ago

OBC reservation | Maharashtra parties blame BJP for Supreme Court ruling on civic polls in Madhya Pradesh without quota

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court order to hold local body elections in Madhya Pradesh without Other Backward Class reservation has cornered the Maharashtra unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had accused the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the State of incompetency over the OBC reservation issue. The ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party slammed the BJP on May 10, accusing …

MVA dishonest about protecting OBC quota in local bodies elections, says Devendra Fadnavis
2 years, 9 months ago

MVA dishonest about protecting OBC quota in local bodies elections, says Devendra Fadnavis

India TV News  

Accusing the Maharashtra government of being "dishonest" about protecting the reservation of Other Backward Classes in local bodies elections, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said it should take steps on the lines of Madhya Pradesh for safeguarding the political quota of the community. His statement comes a day after the Supreme Court said it is "not possible" to …

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