NCBC chief Hansraj Gangaram Ahir informed that 118 out of 179 castes, which have been granted OBC status in West Bengal, belong to the Muslim community.
arnataka Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court defending its decision to scrap four per cent OBC reservation for Muslims in the state.
Karnataka govt abolished the current 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC quota and transferred them to the 10% pool for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
The Supreme Court has also allowed the 8 lakh annual income limit for the EWS, as of now. The final verdict on the EWS criteria is to be decided on the third week of March.