As NCBC recommends removals of 35 groups from Bengal’s Central OBC list, read how Mamata’s TMC govt pursued its votebank agenda amid blatant Muslim appeasement

On 2nd December, the central government informed that the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) proposed the withdrawal of 35 communities, majority Muslim, from the Central list of Other Backward Class (OBC) in West Bengal. The important disclosure was made by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in the Lok Sabha.

NCBC issued its recommendation in January 2025. The panel reviewed 37 groups in 2014, most of which were Muslim communities, that were part of the Central OBC list and suggested that 35 communities be removed. West Bengal initially sought 46 communities for Central OBC classification in 2011, and 37 were approved and notified by the NCBC in 2014. However, the commission later began a re-examination of these entries.

The NCBC’s action transpired after West Beng