Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has attacked BJP on the issue of OBC. Questioning the national president of BJP, he said that JP Nadda should tell why the BJP has stopped the OBC reservation bill? Stop shedding crocodile tears in the name of backward people. Answer questions on Adani. He said what former BJP CM Raman Singh did not say during the Bhanupratapur by-election. Am I from a lower caste, that’s why I was insulted.
Shivraj said attack
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan attacked Rahul Gandhi’s statement and linked it to the insult of OBCs. He asked whether it is a sin to be born in a small caste. Rahul considers himself a king but cannot insult any society. He said that the way Rahul Gandhi has insulted the OBC class. No one has given him his right.
Election in MP-Chhattisgarh
Assembly elections are due in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh later this year. Before the assembly elections, both the parties are trying to bring OBC voters in their fold. In such a situation, BJP has become an aggressor by linking Rahul Gandhi’s statement with OBC society. While the Congress is seen defending itself in this matter. All the big leaders of BJP are attacking Congress and Rahul Gandhi by linking this whole issue with OBC society.
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How much OBC population in Chhattisgarh
There are about 47 percent OBC people in Chhattisgarh. There are more than 95 castes in this class. 32 percent of the population belongs to the Scheduled Tribes and about 13 percent of the population belongs to the Scheduled Castes. Backward class voters are also considered as the vote bank of BJP and Congress in different areas. But in the 2018 assembly elections, the BJP suffered a major setback as the OBC voters shifted towards the Congress. Chhattisgarh has a total of 90 assembly seats. Of these, 39 seats are reserved. Out of these seats, 29 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 seats for Scheduled Castes. The remaining 51 seats after the reserved seats are general. But out of these seats also, voters belonging to OBC, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have a significant influence on about a dozen assembly seats.
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Similarly, elections are to be held in Madhya Pradesh this year. Total seats in MP are 230. 148 seats are reserved for the general category, 47 for the scheduled tribes and 35 for the scheduled castes. Currently, out of 230 MLAs, 60 belong to the OBC category. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan himself comes from OBC category. OBC voters in the state are about 48 percent. ST population is about 17 percent while SC population is 21 percent.
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