Spokespersons: Shri Bhupesh Baghel, Shri Harish Chaudhary, Shri Jitu Patwari and Shri Anil JaiHind: Shri Harish Chowdhary said that the Congress today cornered the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh for its willful delay in providing 27 percent reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) despite the law having been passed and the courts also having cleared it. The Congress demanded immediate implementation of 27 percent reservations for the OBCs in Madhya Pradesh as it has been categorically cleared by the Supreme Court of India.

Shri Bhupesh Baghel, while accusing the BJP of the anti-reservation mindset, disclosed that the Congress government in Chhattisgarh had unanimously passed a law in December 2022 for providing 27 percent reservation to the OBCs. But the bill is still to get the nod of the Governor.

Shri Jitu Patwari said that it was strange that Prime Minister Modi claims himself to be an OBC and yet he was not providing the OBC community its rightful due. Shri Anil JaiHind said - the law on reservation for Dalits, OBCs and Adivasis in private educational institutions has been deliberately delayed by the BJP government since 2014. Saturday June 28, 2025