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Govt rules out OBC quota in Women's Reservation Bill
STAFF WRITER 16:1 HRS IST
Bangalore, Mar 24 (PTI) Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today
ruled out providing reservation for Other Backward Castes in the
Women's Reservation Bill, saying data on OBCs is not available at the
national level.
Moily said there would be no change in the bill compared to that
passed in the Rajya Sabha and exuded confidence that it would get
through the Lok Sabha also in April.
"There is no provision in the Constitution to provide for OBC
reservation, particularly for political reservation, even though for
employment and education, reservation is provided," he told reporters
here.
Moily said census on OBCs was not pursued since 1931. "So unless these
data are available, it is not possible to pick up who's OBC and who's
not OBC.
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