Why 15 per cent OBC seats in Maharashtra govt vacant, asks Congress chief Wadettiwar
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MUMBAI: Senior Congress chief Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra and requested why 15 per cent of the seats meant for OBC group in authorities jobs within the state had been mendacity vacant.
Wadettiwar’s remarks got here on the day BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule kickstarted the OBC Jaagar (consciousness) rally from Wardha district within the state.
The chief of opposition within the Maharashtra meeting in a publish on X mentioned, “People from the Other Backward Classes have 27 per cent reservation in government jobs; however, only 12 per cent of OBC employees are actually working. Why are the remaining 15 per cent seats kept vacant?”
Wadettiwar additionally alleged that the allotment of OBC certificates was being accomplished secretly.
“Will Bawankule demand any action against this practice? Will he even place his demand before the prime minister of carrying out the OBC census?” he requested.
Wadettiwar mentioned Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had promised to reinstate political reservations for OBCs in native governing our bodies.
It has been greater than one-and-a-half years since he has been in energy, “will he keep his promise?” the Congress chief requested.
Wadettiwar additionally focused the Maharashtra authorities over its plan to convey the ‘wagh nakh’ (a tiger claw-shaped weapon of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) to the state from the UK.
“Those who cannot even erect the memorial of Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea are now discussing bringing the wagh nakh here. It is a new ploy to gain votes,” he mentioned.
MUMBAI: Senior Congress chief Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra and requested why 15 per cent of the seats meant for OBC group in authorities jobs within the state had been mendacity vacant.
Wadettiwar’s remarks got here on the day BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule kickstarted the OBC Jaagar (consciousness) rally from Wardha district within the state.
The chief of opposition within the Maharashtra meeting in a publish on X mentioned, “People from the Other Backward Classes have 27 per cent reservation in government jobs; however, only 12 per cent of OBC employees are actually working. Why are the remaining 15 per cent seats kept vacant?”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Wadettiwar additionally alleged that the allotment of OBC certificates was being accomplished secretly.
“Will Bawankule demand any action against this practice? Will he even place his demand before the prime minister of carrying out the OBC census?” he requested.
Wadettiwar mentioned Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had promised to reinstate political reservations for OBCs in native governing our bodies.
It has been greater than one-and-a-half years since he has been in energy, “will he keep his promise?” the Congress chief requested.
Wadettiwar additionally focused the Maharashtra authorities over its plan to convey the ‘wagh nakh’ (a tiger claw-shaped weapon of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) to the state from the UK.
“Those who cannot even erect the memorial of Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea are now discussing bringing the wagh nakh here. It is a new ploy to gain votes,” he mentioned.
