New Delhi: Members of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Madhya Pradesh continue to face deep-rooted social discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation, despite their large presence in the state, leaving them confined to traditional caste-based occupations and segregated localities, without access to basic amenities—with these submissions, the BJP-led state government has sought to justify before the Supreme Court its decision to raise the reservation for OBCs from 14 to 27 percent.

This move has taken the total reservation in the state beyond the 50 percent ceiling fixed in the Mandal Commission case.

The state referred to the 2011 Census report to highlight that OBCs constitute more than 48 percent of MP’s population. It also cited data from a 2023 survey conducted by Dr B.R. Ambedka

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