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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 legal impasse regarding OBC commenced when the Calcutta HC annulled 1.2 million OBC certificates in May 2024.

The demand for Muslim reservations will not be met because it is forbidden to make reservations for religious reasons.

The police was called by the bride's family due to an old dispute between Dalit and OBC communities.

West Bengal was directed by SC to provide an explanation of the procedure used to classify 77 communities as OBCs.

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.

During the interview, PM Modi described the Calcutta High Court’s recent decision on OBC reservations as an eye-opener for the country.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said that his government will scrutinize the Other Backward Classes reservations given to Muslim communities in previous governments