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5 lakh OBC certificates will be canceled in Bengal, what will be the impact of Calcutta High Court’s order on politics?

New Delhi : In a surprise move, the Calcutta High Court on May 22 canceled 5 lakh OBC certificates issued by the state government in West Bengal since 2010. The High Court termed such reservation in jobs and services in the state as illegal. The court said that religion actually appears to be the only criterion for declaring these communities as OBCs. The court said, it believes that selection of 77 sections of Muslims as backward classes is an insult to the entire Muslim community. The High Court said that this court cannot ignore the suspicion that the said community (Muslims) was considered an instrument for political purposes.

Challenge to the state’s reservation act

The High Court passed this order on petitions challenging the provisions of the state’s Reservation Act 2012. The court made it clear that if the members of the categories whose OBC status has been removed are already in service or have availed the benefit of reservation or have been successful in any selection process of the state, then their services will not be affected by this decision. Will happen. The court removed from the relevant list 37 classes which received the benefit of reservation as OBC under the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2012. The court also quashed a September 2010 executive order on the grounds that the commission was not consulted. It was through this order that OBC reservation was increased from 7 percent to 17 percent. There was a provision of 10 percent reservation for A category and 7 percent reservation for B category.

Recognizing sections of the Muslim community as OBCs for electoral gains will leave them at the mercy of the respective political establishment. Due to this they may be deprived of other rights. Therefore, such reservation is an insult to democracy and the Constitution of India as a whole.

Calcutta High Court

What will be the effect of the decision?

The immediate impact of the order may be felt in the sixth phase of West Bengal Lok Sabha elections on May 25 in Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur, Jhargram and Medinipur constituencies. Along with this, this decision has given another opportunity to BJP to attack the opposition. NDA has already been accusing the opposition of Muslim appeasement. After the order of the High Court, a weapon was found in his/her possession. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she will not accept the Calcutta High Court order to abolish the OBC status of some sections in the state. he/she indicated that the government will challenge this order in the Supreme Court. Addressing an election rally, Banerjee said OBC reservation would continue in the state as the bill related to it was passed within the framework of the Constitution. The Trinamool chief accused the BJP of conspiring to stop OBC reservation by using central agencies. Mamat said that after its conspiracy failed in Sandeshkhali, BJP is now hatching new conspiracies. Until May 2011, the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) was in power in West Bengal. After that Trinamool Congress government came to power. According to an estimate, the number of persons listed under OBC category in West Bengal is likely to be above 5 lakh after 2010.

Calcutta High Court has given a big slap to the Indie alliance. The court has canceled all OBC certificates issued since 2010. Why? Because West Bengal government issued unwanted OBC certificates to Muslims just for the sake of vote bank.

PM Modi, during the election rally

PM Modi targeted

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the opposition over the decision of Calcutta High Court. PM Modi said that the court’s decision is ‘a big slap’ for the opposition. he/she alleged that the opposition India alliance’s “obsession with appeasement” has crossed all limits. PM Modi said that whenever he/she says the word ‘Muslim’, he/she is accused of making communal statements. he/she said that he/she was simply exposing the opposition by ‘bringing out the facts’. The PM said that the High Court gave this decision because the West Bengal government issued unwanted OBC certificates to Muslims just for the sake of vote bank.

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