Gujarat government hikes reservations for OBCs to 27% in panchayats and ULBs
The Hindu
Gujarat govt. hiked OBC reservations in panchayats and urban local bodies from 10% to 27%.
The Gujarat government on August 29 hiked reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from the existing 10% to 27% in the panchayats and urban local bodies.
The announcement of quotas will pave the way for elections for 7000 village panchayats, two district panchayats and 70 municipalities.
On August 23, the Congress held a day-long sit-in in Gandhinagar to demand reservations for OBC communities. Various leaders at the event slammed the BJP government for not fixing the quotas of OBCs in panchayats and not increasing the welfare budget for them.
On June 9, the Gujarat government appointed former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court K.S. Jhaveri, as a one-man committee to fix reservation for OBC communities in the elections to local bodies, amid criticism over its failure to appoint such a panel.
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