Bill passed in Assembly to give reservation to OBCs in local bodies
The bharatiya janata party (BJP) government in gujarat on friday passed a bill in the assembly to reserve 27percent seats for Other backward classes (OBC) in local bodies like Panchayat, Municipality and MunicipalCorporation. The gujarat local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed by voice vote. At the sametime, all the 17 MLAs of the party including congress Legislature party leader amit Chavda walked out of theHouse demanding more reservation.OBC reservation in gujarat was 10 percentThe bharatiya janata party government in gujarat on august 29 announced 27 per cent reservation for OBCs inlocal bodies like panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations based on a report submitted by acommission led by former supreme court judge KS Javeri. Was.Earlier, OBC reservation in local bodies in gujarat was 10 percent.The opposition congress alleged that the state government was doing "injustice" by giving only 27 percentreservation, whereas it could have given more reservation. At the same time, the Craigens members demandedthat instead of the uniform ratio of 27 percent applicable to all the local bodies of the state, unit-wise reservationshould be declared in proportion to the OBC population in these units like district Panchayat and MunicipalCorporation.