After Modi government's caste census announcement: NDA allies pitch for OBC & SC sub-categorisation to ensure 'social justice'
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, several BJP allies from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have pitched for sub-categorisation of OBCs and SCs and want the Centre to focus on it.
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Last week, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government announced that castes would be enumerated in the forthcoming census -- a decision welcomed by all BJP allies as they were demanding this for a long time. A few of these allies have also demanded making the
Rohini Commission report
public. The Rohini Commission, constituted in 2017, had the mandate to suggest sub-categorisation of OBCs to ensure equitable distribution of
reservation benefits
to them. The four-member commission, headed by Justice G Rohini, a retired Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, submitted its report in 2023, which is yet to be made public.
BJP's ally from Bihar, Upendra Khushwaha, said: "With the caste census decision now, the Opposition is issue less and they are trying to take credit of it. So now the government should look into the sub-categorisation among OBCs and SCs...In Bihar, there are 'Ati Pichda' and 'Maha Dalits'. Reservation for them was implemented in 1977 in the state services, the same should be implemented at the Central level. And for this, the Rohini Commission report should be made public."
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Echoing similar sentiments, NISHAD party's Sanjay Nishad, an expert on castes and their categorisation, suggested that there are some errors in categorisation of castes that also needs to be corrected."There are some castes which are under OBCs are originally SCs -- that needs to be corrected. Similarly, for equitable distribution of reservation benefits, sub-categorisation among OBCs and SCs is needed. Separate categories should be formed for those who have been availing reservation benefits and those who are yet to get benefits," Nishad told ET.
After the announcement of the caste census, SBSP leader and minister in BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government Om Prakash Rajbhar met Union home minister Amit Shah regarding sub-categorisation of OBCs in Uttar Pradesh. Sources suggested that there are some allies, including Apna Dal (S) and LJP, which might not be very welcoming to this idea of quota within quota. The Centre is yet to take call on this. The BJP has implemented quota within quota in several states, including Haryana and Karnataka, during its tenure.
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In Uttar Pradesh also, the BJP, during its first tenure, formed a committee under retired Justice Raghavendra Kumar which submitted its report in 2018. The panel suggested three sub-categories in OBCs -- backwards, more backwards and most backwards. Similarly, among SCs -- Dalits, Ati-Dalits and Maha Dalits.
The panel also divided castes from OBCs and SCs into three categories.
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