new Delhi . Senior leaders in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday demanded the release of caste census data for providing reservation to OBCs in local body elections in the country. Raising this issue, BJP member Sushil Modi said that most of the states have a list of OBC category. The Supreme Court has asked states to constitute a commission for OBCs to provide reservation in urban local body elections.
Modi also said that the Supreme Court has allowed the existing OBC list to provide reservation to this category in jobs and admission. But states need to constitute a separate commission to prepare a fresh list for local body elections. This is the reason why elections to local bodies are not being held in many states including Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
DMK member P. Wilson also raised the issue of OBC reservation in local bodies, indicating that there is a constitutional deadlock on it.
He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and break the constitutional impasse either by releasing the caste census data or by amending Articles 243(d)(6) and 243