West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that her government will approach a higher court, challenging the Calcutta High Court order that cancelled all OBC certificates issued in the state since 2010.
Addressing an election rally in Sagar in South 24 Parganas district as reported by PTI , she said the state government would appeal to the higher court against the order after summer vacation.
“We do not accept the order that scrapped OBC certificates. We will contest at a higher court after summer vacation,” Banerjee said.
Earlier, a division bench of the high court cancelled all OBC certificates issued by the Bengal government since 2010 as the court found them “illegal”. The court also struck down reservations for many communities declared OBC under the new state law that came into effect in 2012.
She accused the BJP of conspiring to stall the OBC quota by using central agencies. “Some people have gone to the court, moved a petition to sabotage the interest of OBCs and then this development takes place. How can the saffron party show such audacity?” she said.
After its conspiracy in Sandeshkhali failed, the BJP is now plotting new conspiracies, she said. “For vote politics, for staying in power for five years, you (BJP) are doing all these things,” Ms. Banerjee said. This happened when Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the opposition INDIA bloc, if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections, would scrap the quotas of the SC, ST and OBC people, she said.
She said, “SC, ST, OBC get the rights as per the Constitution. Minorities also have their rights. Can anyone say that he will frame legislation only for the benefit of Hindus and leave out Muslims and other communities?”
