The plea stated that the present guidelines, in this regard, only provide for the issuance of OBC certificates by considering the OBC certificate through a paternal lineage.
The Calcutta High Court’s stay exposes how West Bengal’s revised OBC list risks turning caste-based affirmative action into a vehicle for religious appeasement.
The recent data from the West Bengal government shows that a staggering 86 per cent of new OBC additions are Muslims—a fact that not only goes against constitutional morality but also challenges concept of equality that proponents of Islam routinely invoke.
The Gandhi scion has been flashing a small copy of the constitution that was conceptualised by SC adv Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who has spoken against OBC reservation and advocated for a complete overhaul of existing reservations.
Avinash Gehlot, Rajasthan social justice minister, said the state government will review reservations granted to 14 Muslim communities under OBC category.