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Time of India
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Cong threatens mass protest over OBC quota implementation delay
Bhopal: The Congress on Saturday warned of a statewide agitation if the BJP govt in the state fails to implement 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) without further delay. Congress state unit president Jitu Patwari and LoP Umang Singhar, addressing a joint press conference, said the party would launch protests, rallies and public awareness drives across the state in support of the backward classes. "The BJP's anti-OBC face has been exposed, the Congress will fight till the end," Patwari said. "The BJP govt has crossed all limits of fraud, betrayal and shameful injustice with the OBC community. The state govt is also tampering with the basic structure of the Constitution to prevent the OBC class from getting its rights. Disregarding the repeated, clear and strict instructions of the Supreme Court, the BJP govt is depriving the OBC brothers and sisters of their constitutional right of 27% reservation. This is the most disgusting and cruel face of the anti-OBC mentality, which is killing democracy, constitution and social justice. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it legal? How to get Internet without paying a subscription? Techno Mag Learn More Undo This conspiracy of the BJP is to enslave more than 50% of the population of Madhya Pradesh and destroy their future which will not be tolerated," he said. LOP Singhar said on Friday, the Supreme Court reprimanded the MP govt in the hearing of OBC reservation case. "The court expressed strong displeasure over the failures, inaction and procrastination of the govt," the LOP said. "The chief secretary was ordered to file an affidavit, in which it has to be clarified what obstacles are coming in the appointments to 13% posts that have currently been put on hold," he said. In 2019, the erstwhile Kamal Nath govt increased reservation for OBCs from 14% to 27% taking total reservations quota to 63%. Patwari said: "The Madhya Pradesh govt makes excuses of those petitions which were filed against the ordinance, whose hearing is pending in the Supreme Court." The Congress leaders said on 25 June, the Supreme Court asked the state govt that when there is no legal obstacle, why is 27% reservation not being implemented? "Still, the BJP govt is engaged in carrying out its anti-OBC conspiracy," Patwari said. Singhar said the Congress demands 27% OBC reservation should be implemented immediately. He said the appointments of OBC candidates selected in the recruitments which were stopped by the govt, should be restored immediately or else the Congress will start its state-wide protests.
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Cong demands implementation of 27% OBC reservations after SC notice to state
Bhopal: Former CM Kamal Nath and Congress state president Jitu Patwari on Thursday raised questions on why the BJP govt in the state is not implementing the 27% reservation for OBCs. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Congress' allegations come after Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Mohan Yadav govt asking why the benefit of 27% reservations for OBCs is not being implemented. After a preliminary hearing of petitions filed by OBC community members, a SC bench of justices KV Vishwanathan and N Kotiswar Singh issued the notice to the state govt. In 2019, the erstwhile Congress govt increased reservation for OBCs from 14% to 27% taking the total reservations quota to 63%. Taking to 'X', @OfficeOfKNath said, "The BJP govt is adopting an anti-OBC attitude in every step. The BJP has been delaying the 27% reservation given to OBCs during my tenure as chief minister in an unconstitutional manner for the last five years. The Honorable Supreme Court has again asked the MP govt why 27% reservation is not being given to OBCs. This is not the first time that the Supreme Court or the High Court has questioned the govt for not implementing reservations. " The former chief minister further stated, "It is clear that there is no ban on OBC reservation from the court; it is the BJP govt that has conspired and stopped the reservation." State Congress president Jitu Patwari shot a latter to chief minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday demanding immediate implementation of 27% reservation for OBCs. Speaking to reporters, Jitu Patwari said, "This govt is involved in a conspiracy to crush the rights of the OBC community and is also rejecting the instructions of the Supreme Court." Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In his letter to the CM, the state PCC chief wrote, "The BJP govt of Madhya Pradesh has crossed all limits of fraud, betrayal and shameful injustice with the OBC community. Ignoring the repeated clear and strict instructions of the Supreme Court, your govt is depriving the OBC brothers and sisters of their constitutional right of 27% reservation. This is not the ugly face of anti-OBC mentality, but the murder of democracy and social justice. This is a conspiracy of BJP, which wants to enslave more than 50% of the population of Madhya Pradesh!" Patwari recalled that on Feb 26, 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared that there is no legal bar on 27% OBC reservation and on April 7, 2025 the Supreme Court reiterated that there is no obstacle to this law. "Now, on 25 June 2025, the Supreme Court put chief minister Mohan Yadav's govt in the dock and asked: When there is no legal obstacle, why is 27% reservation not being implemented? This question exposes the lies and evasions of BJP," Patwari said. Patwari argued that despite court orders, the BJP govt is busy carrying out its anti-OBC conspiracy. "In 2019, the Congress govt led by the then chief minister Kamal Nath took a revolutionary decision to increase OBC reservation from 14% to 27%. This decision was implemented after getting approval from the assembly and the cabinet. It was a symbol of the upliftment and equality for OBC society. But after seizing power, the BJP hatched a conspiracy to snatch this right. This conspiracy to cheat more than 50% of the population of Madhya Pradesh and push their future into darkness, will not be tolerated now," Patwari said. The Congress demanded that the 27% OBC reservation should be implemented immediately without delay. The appointments of OBC candidates selected in the recruitments which were stopped citing rules, should be restored immediately.
India Gazette
19-06-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Mamata Banerjee wants to solve this problem..." TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on interim stay on state govt's OBC list notification
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 19 (ANI): As the Calcutta High Court granted an interim stay on the state government's OBC list notification, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to solve the problem. Speaking to reporters, Kunal Ghosh alleged that those who spoke against TMC leaders Birbaha Hansda and Debnath Hansda have a hatred against OBCs. TMC leader Ghosh said, 'Mamata Banerjee wants to solve this problem... Those who spoke about our leaders, Birbaha Hansda and Debnath Hansda, said that they are under our shoes. They have so much hate in their hearts against the whole OBC...' Calling the opposition anti-OBC, he added that the government is looking to take a legal step in the wake of the interim stay by the High Court. 'Mamata Banerjee wants to solve it, and those people do not want to solve it. They are anti-OBC, and the government is looking at what should be done legally,' he told the reporters. The Calcutta High Court on Monday gave an interim stay on the state government's notifications on the OBC list till July 31. A division bench comprising Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Raja Sekhar Mantha passed the interim order while hearing petitions challenging the state's classification of communities under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. Judges said that necessary steps should be taken regarding the 66 communities belonging to the OBC category. There are 140 listed communities in this latest OBC notification. However, OBC certificates issued before 2010 under the 1993 law remain valid for employment and admissions. The bench warned that the executive cannot bypass legislative procedures, stating that half the process was followed and the rest done unilaterally. Petitioners claimed the survey was flawed, with limited samples and negligible changes from the earlier list. During the hearing, Solicitor General Ashok Chakraborty, representing the Centre, pointed out that the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) had sought clarification from the state on how Muslim and OBC classifications were identified. The NCBC minutes mentioned that several communities had converted from Hinduism to Islam, complicating census data. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha questioned the state, saying, 'You have done half the work according to the 2012 OBC Act. Then you have gone back to the 1993 Act. Why is this? Why didn't you amend the 2012 Act? You have been providing benefits for the last 15 years. The law says that a survey has to be done after 10 years. That survey has not been done.' (ANI)
