OBCs to get a new panel with constitutional status
(WorldNews India)

NEW DELHI: The Centre has approved a proposal to set up a national commission for OBCs with constitutional status, an initiative that carries the symbolic gesture of putting backwards on a par with scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The announcement, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Ram Manohar Lohia, a mascot for Mandal classes, underlined that BJP is looking at serious political messaging through the decision. The proposed OBC panel, to be named National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes, will be created through a...