Announcement of giving 27% OBC reservation in local body elections
In gujarat, there has been a demand for giving reservation to the OBC class for a long time. Due to lack of clearstand on OBC Reservation in the state, the local elections are getting delayed. Before the civic elections onTuesday (August 29), the gujarat government has made a big announcement. Bhupendra Patel-led BJPgovernment has decided to implement 27 per cent reservation in gujarat civic elections.With this decision, the bjp government of gujarat has tried to help 40 percent OBC voters of the state.According to political experts, the state government will get its benefit in the upcoming lok sabha elections aswell. The BJP-led government on tuesday (August 29) announced 27 per cent reservation for Other BackwardClasses (OBCs) in bodies like panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations based on a commissionreport, paving the way for elections to these bodies. Done. However, in areas notified under the Panchayats(Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, most of which have a data-sizeable tribal population. Reservation forOBCs in local bodies will continue at 10 percent.What did the supreme court say on OBC reservation?The gujarat government said that apart from this, the existing quota for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribeswould remain unchanged, thereby not violating the cap of 50 per cent reservation. Earlier, OBC reservation inlocal bodies in gujarat was 10 per cent. The announcement, based on the Justice Jhaveri Commission report, hasbeen made ahead of the lok sabha elections and will pave the way for holding local body elections, which werepostponed due to the pending reservation issue. The supreme court had ordered that reservation for OBCsshould be based on their population.