BJP flays Nitish Kumar for HC’s ruling on city native our bodies elections in Bihar

Express News Service

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar got here beneath sharp assault of the opposition as soon as once more on Tuesday after the Patna excessive court docket dominated as ‘unlawful’ the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) in city native our bodies election.

A division bench of the excessive court docket comprising chief justice Sanjay Karol and justice S Kumar declared as ‘unlawful’ reservation of seats for OBCs and EBCs and directed the state election fee to carry the polls ‘solely by instantly re-notifying the seats reserved for OBCs, treating them as common class
seats.’

The order got here barely per week earlier than the native our bodies elections are scheduled on October 10. The candidates have began campaigning of their respective areas with election symbols allotted to them by the fee. Around 1.14 crore electors have been anticipated to train their franchise in two phases i.e on October 10 and 20, respectively.

Former deputy chief minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi blamed the chief minister Nitish Kumar for the mess. “Had the state government constituted a dedicated commission in the wake of Supreme Court’s order, such situation would not have arisen ahead of the urban bodies elections,” he added. 

He additionally took a dig at some JD(U) leaders for his or her try to divert the eye of the folks on the problem. “Caste based count and ensuring reservation for OBCs and EBCs in the local bodies elections are two separate things,” he clarified. 

The JD(U), then again, claimed that the delay in conducting caste rely in the state was among the many elements that led to court docket’s order on Tuesday. JD(U) parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha tweeted, “It is unfortunate.” 

Kushwaha, who is taken into account near Nitish Kumar, mentioned that the HC’s order was a a part of the conspiracy of the union authorities and the BJP. “Had the union government led by PM Narendra Modi conceded the demand of caste census and fulfilled constitutional provisions, the situation would not have arisen,” he mentioned.

Kushwaha additionally threatened to launch agitation to show the conspiracy the union authorities and the BJP on the problem. The court docket, whereas reserving its verdict on September 29, had mentioned that the elections shall be topic to the end result of the current petition and advised the state election fee that it could defer the primary section of the elections ought to it discover it “prudent” to take action.

Following the HC’s September 29 observations, the SEC had issued a round on September 30 to all district magistrates involved who have been requested to maintain the contestants within the loop concerning the developments.

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar got here beneath sharp assault of the opposition as soon as once more on Tuesday after the Patna excessive court docket dominated as ‘unlawful’ the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) in city native our bodies election.

A division bench of the excessive court docket comprising chief justice Sanjay Karol and justice S Kumar declared as ‘unlawful’ reservation of seats for OBCs and EBCs and directed the state election fee to carry the polls ‘solely by instantly re-notifying the seats reserved for OBCs, treating them as common class
seats.’

The order got here barely per week earlier than the native our bodies elections are scheduled on October 10. The candidates have began campaigning of their respective areas with election symbols allotted to them by the fee. Around 1.14 crore electors have been anticipated to train their franchise in two phases i.e on October 10 and 20, respectively.

Former deputy chief minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi blamed the chief minister Nitish Kumar for the mess. “Had the state government constituted a dedicated commission in the wake of Supreme Court’s order, such situation would not have arisen ahead of the urban bodies elections,” he added. 

He additionally took a dig at some JD(U) leaders for his or her try to divert the eye of the folks on the problem. “Caste based count and ensuring reservation for OBCs and EBCs in the local bodies elections are two separate things,” he clarified. 

The JD(U), then again, claimed that the delay in conducting caste rely in the state was among the many elements that led to court docket’s order on Tuesday. JD(U) parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha tweeted, “It is unfortunate.” 

Kushwaha, who is taken into account near Nitish Kumar, mentioned that the HC’s order was a a part of the conspiracy of the union authorities and the BJP. “Had the union government led by PM Narendra Modi conceded the demand of caste census and fulfilled constitutional provisions, the situation would not have arisen,” he mentioned.

Kushwaha additionally threatened to launch agitation to show the conspiracy the union authorities and the BJP on the problem. The court docket, whereas reserving its verdict on September 29, had mentioned that the elections shall be topic to the end result of the current petition and advised the state election fee that it could defer the primary section of the elections ought to it discover it “prudent” to take action.

Following the HC’s September 29 observations, the SEC had issued a round on September 30 to all district magistrates involved who have been requested to maintain the contestants within the loop concerning the developments.