Modi govt brought 'J&K reservation Bill 2023' to provide due reservation to OBCs: BJP

Jammu, Dec 13: BJP today said that the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought the “J&K reservation Bill 2023” to provide due reservation to other backward classes (OBCs).

Addressing a press conference here , Sunil Prajapati, President, OBC Morcha, J&K BJP, and other leaders alleged that National Conference, Congress and PDP governments looted rights of other backward classes (OBCs).” Those governments provided only two percent reservation to a large population of OBC community, but now Modi government brought 'J&K reservation Bill 2023' to provide due reservation to OBCs,”he said.

Sunil Prajapati welcomed the decision of Modi government to implement Other Backward Classes (OBC) Reservation in J&K UT, which replaced Weak and Under Privileged Classes (Social Caste)/OSC through J&K Reservation (Amendment) bill as passed by both the houses of the Parliament.

Prajapati also extended gratitude to the Prime Minister, Home Minister for this historical decision to implement OBC reservation in J&K UT, for which the OBC community has been struggling for the last three decades. “Earlier governments in J&K did not consider the demands of the OBCs but continued to provide a major share of OBC reservation to the non-OBC communities who were otherwise not entitled to reservation out of the OBC quota,”he said.