Madhya Pradesh panchayat polls sans OBC quota will be injustice with 70% population: Uma Bharti
The Hindu
A total of 155 posts of members of jila panchayats, 1,273 members of janpad panchayats, 4,058 sarpanchs and 64,353 posts of panch had been reserved for OBCs during this election process
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Monday claimed panchayat polls in her party-ruled Madhya Pradesh without reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) will be injustice with about 70% of the State's population.
She urged State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to find a way out that these polls are not held without ensuring the participation of the OBCs.
Last Friday, the Supreme Court directed the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) to stay the poll process on seats reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local body there and re-notify those seats for the general category.
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