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Patna, Nov 9: The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65 per cent. This is well past the Supreme Court's 50 per cent cap.
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Sources say the BJP’s support was due to political compulsions in a state where caste is still the dominant factor, and its refusal to support the bill would be akin to political suicide
Thanks to cycle scheme for girls and other measures, woman voters have been the Bihar CM's biggest strength, who has always enjoyed on an image distinct from his counterparts
Bihar Quota Bill: The bill proposes to increase the reservations in government jobs and educational institutions from the existing 60 per cent (including 10 per cent for economically weaker sections among the upper castes) to 75 per cent