MP: OBC body firm on May 21 state bandh to press for 27 pc quota for community; Cong extends support

Even as the Supreme Court has permitted reservation for the Other Backward Classes in the local bodies elections in Madhya Pradesh, an organisation representing the community on Thursday said it was firm on its call for the May 21 state bandh to press for its demand for 27 per cent quota to the OBCs. Meanwhile, the Congress supported the call for bandh given by the OBC organisation – Pichhada Vargh Mahasabha. The development came a day after the countrys top court allowed reservation for the OBCs in the local bodies elections in the state with a ceiling of total 50 per cent in it.

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