By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR:Comparing our state with other states of the country, many backward castes in our state have not been included in the National Backward Classes list. Although the number of backward classes in the state is 54 percent of the total population of the state, many backward castes have not been included in the National Backward Classes list. As a result, they are deprived of all the facilities and opportunities provided by the Central Government.
The previous state governments systematically deprived the backward classes of their constitutional rights. One of the main reasons for this is that the OBC Commission was not formed in Odisha for a long time after the Naba Das Commission recommendation in 1993. After repeated demands from the BJP, the previous government formed the OBC Commission under pressure, but it was not given full powers. The BJP OBC Morcha repeatedly drew the attention of the Central Commission to include the deprived castes in the National Backward Classes list.
But due to the extreme apathy of the then state government, this could not be implemented. Even in other states, there was provision for reservation of seats for backward classes in the field of education, but it was not implemented in Odisha. But after the BJP government came to power in the state in 2024, reservation was given for the first time in the field of education. For the development of backward classes, the popular Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi has taken a historic decision and implemented 11.25% reservation in education for students belonging to the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) category. . The development of backward classes is the priority of the double engine government, said OBC Morcha State President Shri Surtha Biswal.
