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OBC sub-categorisation is caught up in bad politics

Anyone interested in social policy should demand that the Justice Rohini Commission findings be released as soon as the coronavirus pandemic subsides

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Yogendra Yadav
Sub-categorisation of Other Ba­ckward Classes (OBC) is a good idea caught up in bad politics. For the longest time, it was blocked by vested interests. Then it found endorsement due to external calculus of electoral politics. Now it is being deferred, once again, to suit the electoral calendar. Or, perhaps, something even more diabolic. It is time to push for an early, transparent and fair implementation of the OBC sub-categorisation.

On June 24, the Narendra Modi government extended by six months the term for the Justice Rohini Commission, which is meant to inquire whe­ther and how the 27 per cent OBC
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