Nitish Kumar in eye of Bihar political storm over local body polls deferment post HC order | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
The Patna HC recently ruled that the Bihar govt “failed” to observe the “triple test” criteria laid down by the Supreme Court in 2021 for reserving seats for OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes in urban and municipal local body polls.
The Patna High Court recently ruled that the Bihar government had “failed” to observe the “triple test” criteria laid down by the Supreme Court in 2021 for reserving seats for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) in urban and municipal local body polls.
The high court said that the current reservation of seats for OBCs and EBCs was “illegal” since the Bihar government failed to set up a dedicated commission to quantify backwardness for giving reservation in local body polls.
The first phase of local body polls was scheduled for October 10.
Nitish, who is known for his deft social engineering, seems to have floundered this time by disregarding the apex court’s order which had led to the cancellation of local body polls in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra last year.
While hearing a case pertaining to Maharashtra local body polls last year, the Supreme Court had come up with a “triple test” mandate that requires setting up a dedicated commission to collect quantifiable data to determine backwardness of OBCs in local bodies; specifying the proportion of reservation required in light of the recommendation of the commission; and imposing a reservation ceiling of 50 per cent.
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