Following the Supreme Court's staying of the Ordinance providing 27 per cent quota for OBCs in local bodies, the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi partners -- the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress -- fear a complete washout in the ensuing local body elections, as they expect OBCs to boycott them or wholeheartedly support the BJP.
The OBCs constitute 54 per cent of the population and if 73 per cent of the OBCs from non-OBC seats vote against the MVA and for the BJP, it will be another body blow. In a serious bid to thwart rout in the upcoming polls to the zilla parishads, nagar panchayats, municipal corporations and panchayat samitis slated for December 21, on Wednesday, the state government will file an application with a plea to stay these elections. Thereafter, it will also file an intervention plea to be taken up on December 13 during hearing on a petition challenging the state government's Ordinance to provide 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in local bodies.
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