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Odisha is among the few states which are yet to accord 27% reservation to OBCs because of the 50% cap imposed by the apex court in the Indra Sawhney case.
The BJP MLAs met governor Koshyari asking him to stay the suspension MUMBAI: The political temperature in the state shot up on Monday with the suspension of 12 BJP MLAs for one year for creating a ruckus in the assembly on the OBC quota issue and later allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the cabin of the deputy speaker. The BJP denied the charges and termed it an attempt to reduce the opposition’s strength in the assembly. The suspended MLAs later met governor B S Koshyari, asking him to stay the suspension and demand a probe. The suspended MLAs include seni...
MUMBAI: The political temperature in Maharashtra shot up on Monday with the suspension of 12 BJP MLAs for one year for creating a ruckus in the state assembly on the OBC quota issue and later allegedly misbehaving with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the cabin of the deputy Speaker. BJP denied the charges and the suspended MLAs later met governor BS Koshyari, asking him to stay the suspension and demand a probe. The suspended MLAs include senior members like former ministers Girish Mahajan, Ashish Shelar, Jaykumar Rawal and Yogesh Sagar. Shelar and three other Mumbai MLAs who are among t...
OBC resolution to be moved by Maharashtra govt in Legislature 'misleading': Fadnavis SECTIONS Last Updated: Jul 05, 2021, 11:46 AM IST Share Synopsis "The apex court has not asked for census data. The resolution is time pass, face saver and misleading, and will not yield anything. But, we will support the resolution as we want to stand by the OBCs," Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said. Agencies Fadnavis said the SC had asked for an empirical inquiry (into the issue of OBCs population) through the State Backward Class Commission. Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendr...
Maharashtra CM writes to PM Modi to declare Maratha community as Socially and Educationally backward ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 00:09 IST Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take steps to declare the Maratha community in the state as Socially and Educationally Backward (SEBC) to enable them to claim the reservation in education and public employment at least to 12 per cent and 13 per cent respectively. "The Judgement delivered by the Co...