The Madhya Pradesh BJP government has sought to justify before the Supreme Court the state’s move to raise the reservation percentage for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 14% to 27% that takes the total reservation beyond the 50% ceiling fixed in the Mandal Commission case.

In an affidavit filed before the top court, where litigation in this regard is pending, the state said that “various data sets collected from time to time conclusively establishes that the OBCs in the State suffer from entrenched and multi-dimensional backwardness… that severely impairs their ability to compete on an equal footing with the more privileged sections of society. This backwardness goes beyond mere numerical disadvantage; it manifests in systemic exclusion, discrimination, and deprivation.”

The state gov

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