Maharashtra EC stays polls on seats reserved for OBCs
The Hindu
Local body polls for 23 seats have been stayed in accordance with SC order
A day after the Supreme Court scrapped the Maharashtra Government ordinance giving 27% reservation to OBCs in the local body polls, the State Election Commission on Tuesday stayed the election process on seats reserved for OBCs in the local civic bodies that are going to polls on December 21.
A total of 106 municipal panchayats, Bhandara and Gondiya zilla parishad and 15 panchayat samitis under these ZP are going for polls on December 21. In addition, bypolls for four municipal corporation seats and 7130 vacants posts in grampanchayats are also going for polls.
State Election Commissioner UPS Madan said that elections on seats reserved for OBCs have been stayed as per the Supreme Court order. “However elections on general seats and those reserved for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe will continue as per the schedule,” he said.
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