Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati termed the Centre's decision to give OBC quota in medical college admission as a delayed step and termed the decision as politically motivated to influence the coming assembly elections.
In a series of tweets posted on Friday, Mayawati said, "Announcement of OBC quota in All-India UG and PG seats of government medical colleges in the country is a very late step. If the Central government had taken this decision in advance, they would have benefited a lot by now, but now people think this decision was taken for political interest."
The BSP leader further said, "Although the BSP has been continuously demanding to fill the backlog posts of SC, ST and OBC quota in government jobs for a long time, the governments of other states including the Centre and UP are constantly indifferent towards the real interest and welfare of these sections. It is very sad."
The Centre on Thursday announced a 27 per cent quota for OBCs and 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections in the All India Quota scheme for the undergraduate and post-graduate medical and dental courses from the current academic year 2021-2022.
