Barely one-and-a-half months before the Bihar Assembly elections, the Opposition INDIA bloc made its most decisive bid yet to woo the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) Wednesday as it released its Atipichhda Nyay Sankalp (resolution for justice for EBCs).

The 10-point resolution includes promises ranging from a dedicated law to prevent atrocities against members of the EBCs on the lines of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, to increasing the EBC reservation in panchayats from 20% to 30%, to doing away with the “not suitable for” clause in recruitment in reserved jobs.

The resolution was unveiled at an event in Patna by Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi , Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge , RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

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