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Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
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UP’s Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the BJP government has been saying from day one that it will not conduct civic body elections without giving reservation to backward classes. The BJP government always wants fair and transparent elections. He said that the civic body elections will be held with reservation for other backward classes.
Deputy Chief Minister Maurya said that the commission set up to fix reservation in civic body elections has submitted its report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday. After this, the reservation of backward classes will be decided afresh.
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Uttar Pradesh State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission was formed under the chairmanship of a retired High Court Justice to determine the reservation of Other Backward Classes in civic elections on behalf of the state government.
Report ready 22 days in advance
The Supreme Court had given the commission time till March 31, 2023, to conduct the survey to determine the share of the backward in the civic elections, but the report has been submitted to the government about 22 days before the deadline. This report of 350 pages has been prepared in 2 months and 10 days.
