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Bill passed to increase caste reservation to 65% in Bihar, SC crosses limit

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  • The existing reservation for ST will be doubled
  • SC will be increased from 16 percent to 20 percent
  • Reservation for OBCs will be increased from 12 percent to 18 percent.

The reservation bill to increase the coverage of reservation in Bihar to 75 percent was passed in the assembly on Thursday. The Bihar Assembly on Thursday approved a proposal to increase the existing limit of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) from 50 per cent to 65 per cent. A bill proposing to increase reservation for these classes in educational institutions and government jobs was unanimously passed by the Assembly by voice vote.

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Nitish Kumar said – now 75 percent reservation has been made in the state.

While introducing the bill, Nitish Kumar said that this decision has been taken with the consensus of the parties. First there was 50 percent reservation, then the Center gave 10 percent for EWS. We also implemented it. Now it has been increased by 15 percent. After this, 75 percent will be reserved in the state.

Take a look – who got what

According to the bill, the existing reservation for STs will be doubled while for SCs it will be increased from 16 per cent to 20 per cent. At the same time, reservation for EBC will be increased from 18 percent to 25 percent and reservation for OBC from 12 percent to 18 percent.

There was a huge uproar in the Legislative Assembly today over Nitish’s controversial comment on women.

Earlier, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Assembly rallied on several issues, including alleged controversial remarks made by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav about women, leading to a standstill in the House. Adjourned till 2 pm.

Officials said the opposition members created ruckus near the seat and came close to the ruling party members. In the meantime, the members who were creating a ruckus had also lifted the chairs. Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary ordered that the names of the members who created ruckus in the House be recorded. He said action would be taken against him for ‘attempting to damage public property’. Chaudhary adjourned the proceedings after the House started at 11 am. Leader of Opposition in the House Vijay Kumar Sinha told reporters, “We wanted the House to go on and we were expecting a debate on the proposed amendments on some bills but the ruling party seemed to be in an aggressive mood.” Sinha alleged that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is known for anarchy (jungle raj) and this has ‘affected other members of the ruling grand coalition.’ He alleged that, ‘Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also not impressed by it. The foul language he has used inside the house is the effect of his company.

BJP cornered Nitish Kumar for his controversial remarks

The BJP leader claimed, ‘Bihar is now the only state where the Chief Minister had to apologize for his lewd remarks about women. Minister Shravan Kumar, one of the Chief Minister’s chief aides, told the BJP that their (BJP’s) record in terms of women has been poor. He said the allegations leveled by his MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and the wrestlers on the Manipur incident were enough to make it clear that Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MLA Satyendra Kumar Yadav had called for an internal ruckus. House on such a day. Condemned the opposition, when the bill to increase reservation for SC, ST and OBC was on the agenda.

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