Samajwadi Party State president Rabi Behera submitted a memorandum to Chief Secretary AP Padhi here on Thursdayon the issue of OBC reservation in the employment and education sectors.
A delegation of the party State committee led by Behera met the Chief Secretary and urged him to implement 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the State for their socio economic emancipation. They said the OBCs in the state are losing jobs as well as deprived of educational opportunities in the absence of the reservation.
Behera further mentioned that the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has recommended the Centre to extend 27 per cent OBC reservation to private sector in the country. The OBC reservation for employment is limited to 11.25 per cent only, he lamented.
The party submitted a five-charter points of demands, including implementation of 27 per cent reservation in employment and admission and may be extended to private sector, steps to accelerate the OBC finance corporation to provide opportunity to unemployed OBC youths for self-employment, steps for establishing coaching centres for OBC youths for competitive examinations in central, northern and southern regions and distribution of scholarship and other incentives meant for OBCs in time bound manner.