After Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar bats for caste-based census for OBC reservations

By Express News Service

PATNA: After Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday demanded the caste-based census to establish the precise inhabitants share every caste together with Other Backward Class (OBC) group. 

NCP has organised the opposite backward class meet in Mumbai the place the decision was handed that caste primarily based census needs to be carried out by the central authorities. In the assembly, it was additionally determined with out OBC reservations, the native physique elections shouldn’t be completed. Maha Vikas Aghadi is dedicated to resolve the OBC reservations challenge. “This issue is not only limited to Maharashtra, but across the Indian. We need to work to make awareness among the society and OBC community,” NCP chief mentioned. 

NCP chief Sharad Pawar mentioned that it’s the constitutional proper of the OBC to get the reservations however central authorities is depriving them from their professional and constitutional rights.  He mentioned they’ll struggle for caste-based census. “Let’s ascertain the exact population of the each community including OBC by carrying out the caste-based census. As per the each community population, the reservations should be given to them. The scheduled caste and scheduled tribe after getting the reservations, they socially and economically progressed.  The same benefits should be given to OBC. The OBC are not asking and demanding much, but it is given and protected in the constitution,” Pawar mentioned. 

NCP chief mentioned that BJP is in opposition to giving reservations to OBC. “BJP was in power in state and central in last five years. What did they do for OBC reservations? They could not give political reservation to OBC. Now, they are blaming to Maha Vikas Aghadi. The social reformer Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Phule, Dr BR Ambedkar etc worked hard to give justice to oppressed class. Shahu Maharaj gave 50 per cent reservations to backward class. That time also many people opposed the reservations to backward class but he did not listen to them. Even today, we are facing the same problem,” Pawar mentioned. 

He added Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is shaped authorities with the assistance of the BJP in Bihar nonetheless he demanded caste-based census. “I feel that as long as BJP led government is in central, they will not give reservations to OBC. The reason the mentality of the people who in power in central is not in favour of reservations. RSS mother organisation of the BJP is against the reservations,” Pawar mentioned. 

NCP minister and OBC chief Chhagan Bhujbal mentioned that the OBC reservations will not be a political however the social challenge. He mentioned why BJP affiliated individuals went to Supreme Court in opposition to the OBC reservations? “Prime minister Narendra Modi calls himself OBC, but his government refused to give the empirical data for the OBC reservations. It shows the mentally of the BJP leadership. They are against OBC and it’s reservations,” Bhujbal mentioned.