The amendments to the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act proposed by the administration led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha aim at making the statute more effective by ensuring transparency in the functioning of the panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), constitutional alignment and consistency with the practices in other states where reservation has been provided to the OBC, apart from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the spokesperson said.
Ajit Pawar and several NCP leaders joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in July 2023 with Ajit becoming a second deputy chief minister in addition to the BJP s Devendra Fadnavis.
Kunbi, a community associated with agriculture, is grouped under the Other Backward Classes category in Maharashtra and enjoys reservation benefits in education and government jobs.