Mumbai: BJP seems to be aggressive on the issue of cancellation of OBC reservation in local body elections in Maharashtra. The party is going to launch a strike and agitation across the state today. Former Chief Minister and leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis also made a blunt point at the BJP executive meeting held in Mumbai last Thursday. He said that if the proposed five Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections are not pushed ahead, the BJP will field only OBC faces in every seat. You must be aware that the Supreme Court, after looking into reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in March this year, had ordered that reservation cannot be made on more than 50 percent of the total seats in local bodies in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra government could not make a strong argument in the Supreme Court.
Due to this, political reservation for OBCs has been canceled. On the other hand, Devendra Fadnavis said, "The state government should set up a Backward Classes Commission and submit data for OBC reservation. If the Government needs our help, we are fully ready to cooperate with them. But perhaps this Government had no intention of giving reservations to OBCs."
Know the whole matter- The Supreme Court had quashed Article 12 of the Zilla Parishad Act of the Government of Maharashtra. During that time, the court had said that reservation has been fixed according to the population and no more than 50 percent reservation can be given in any case. Further, the Supreme Court had also clarified that "OBC cannot be given more than 27% reservation. Elections should be held in the Zilla Parishad following this constitutional limit. Maharashtra had filed a review petition in the court following the Supreme Verdict canceling the reservation but the court has also quashed it.''
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