New Delhi: The Nationwide Fee for Backward Courses (NCBC) is inquiring into alleged irregularities in West Bengal’s Different Backward Courses (OBC) listing on the again of complaints that Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh are cornering the advantages of reservation, the panel’s chairperson mentioned Thursday.
Addressing a press convention, NCBC chairperson Hansraj Gangaram Ahir mentioned that of the 179 OBC teams included within the state listing, 118 have been from the Muslim neighborhood. “Now we have bought a number of complaints and took up the matter with the state authorities in our evaluation assembly throughout our state go to in February this 12 months,” he mentioned.
“Now we have obtained a number of complaints stating that many from the Muslim neighborhood included within the listing are immigrants from Bangladesh. We’re investigating the matter, as this has been achieved by depriving precise beneficiaries. Now we have sought an in depth response from the state authorities.”
West Bengal’s present reservation for OBCs stands at 17 per cent.
The state’s OBC listing, Ahir mentioned, is split in two classes: Most Backward Class (Class A) and Backward Class (Class B). He added, “Within the Most Backward Class class, there are a complete of 81 communities, of which 73 are Muslim and eight are Hindu. In Class B, there 98 communities in complete, of which 45 belong to the Muslim neighborhood and relaxation to the Hindu neighborhood. We aren’t towards Muslims getting the good thing about reservation, however such irregularity can’t be accepted.”
ThePrint reached West Bengal’s Minister of State for Backward Courses Welfare, Bulu Chik Baraik, and the division’s secretary, Sanjay Bansal, for his or her response by telephone, e mail, and textual content messages. This report will likely be up to date when a response is obtained.
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Non-adherence to OBC reservation coverage
In accordance the NCBC, West Bengal depends on experiences by the Cultural Analysis Institute in Kolkata — which comes beneath the state authorities — whereas together with communities within the state’s OBC listing.
Ahir mentioned that the fee had held two conferences with state authorities officers — the primary throughout a go to to Bengal in February this 12 months and the second final month. The panel highlighted the problem throughout the February assembly, he mentioned.
“They initially advised us that these folks have been earlier Hindu and later transformed to Islam. However after we requested for proof, the federal government, in a written response, mentioned that they will’t show it,” Ahir, who took cost of the fee in December final 12 months, mentioned.
Ahir, a former Union minister, claimed he had reviewed OBC-related issues with 12 state governments and that many states — particularly Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab and West Bengal — weren’t adhering to the reservation coverage whereas recruiting for presidency jobs.
“There are seven districts in Rajasthan the place OBC reservation is zero regardless of a sizeable inhabitants residing there. After we raised the matter with the state authorities, OBC certificates have been issued. There have been different points that aren’t being addressed,” he mentioned, including that the fee has obtained proposals from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Telangana for a number of communities to be included within the central lists and had initiated the method to take the proposals ahead.
(Edited by Uttara Ramaswamy)
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