Bengal passes bills to remove some Muslims from OBC list as ordered by Calcutta HC
Lawmakers regularized 66 communities and approved the change with 186 votes in favor and 17 against, following a Calcutta High Court directive.
- On Monday, The West Bengal Assembly passed two Bills reducing the OBC quota from 17 per cent to 7 per cent, aligning with Calcutta High Court directives on reservation in services and posts.
- The legislation follows High Court rulings that struck down OBC status for 77 additional communities as unconstitutional, after the prior TMC government bypassed the Commission when adding them between 2010 and 2012.
- Backward Classes Welfare Gaurishankar Ghosh told the House the government removed 113 classes included without field surveys, retaining 66 sub-classes that were added following various surveys.
- The Bills passed with 186 votes in favor and 17 against, revealing divisions between TMC loyalists of Mamata Banerjee and a rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee.
- BJP MLA from Dum Dum Arijit Bakshi accused the previous administration of creating the original list to "solely appease the minority community and secure its vote bank," depriving genuinely backward sections.
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West Bengal assembly passes amendments to drop 77 Muslim communities from OBC list
On Monday, 29th June, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed two amendment bills that formally changed the state’s Other Backwards Classes (OBC) reservation laws and implemented the directions of the Calcutta High Court issued in May 2024. With the passage of these bills, the OBC status granted to 77 Muslim communities during the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government led by Mamata Banerjee has been removed, while the reservation structure has…
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Bengal passes OBC amendment bills, removes 77 Muslim communities from list
The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed two bills to amend laws pertaining to Other Backward Classes reservations and remove several Muslim communities from the OBC list as directed by the Calcutta High Court in May 2024, the Hindustan Times reported.The amendments will revise the share of the Other Backward Classes quota in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state to 7% from 17% and reorganise the backward classes categories. A law applicable t…
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Introducing the Bills, Minister for Backward Classes Welfare Gaurishankar Ghosh said the BJP government was acting in accordance with the High Court directions and said there were no political motives behind the amendments.
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