Nagpur: Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh members led by Congress MLC Abhijit Wanjari and Babanrao Taywade will protest outside state home Anil Deshmukh’s residence on Monday to press for their demand of filling vacant posts in the police department. Addressing the media on Saturday, the association’s national coordinator Taywade said job reservation benefits must accrue to OBC candidates as per the law.
Taywade said, “There are many instances of injustice being meted out to OBC candidates. Through our platform we want to raise these demands and ensure that they get what is due to them.”
He added that 12,000 posts in the police department have been lying vacant. “The earlier government too did not move ahead to fill up these posts. After the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) government came to power, they gave assurance to complete the job but till date nothing has happened,” said Taywade.
The protest outside Deshmukh’s residence is a ‘reminder’ said Taywade. “We are simply going to remind the minister about his assurances,” said Deshmukh.
Apart from this, the association reiterated various demands of the OBC community which had been presented before both the government and the courts. These include the reservation issue, creamy layer definition as well as proposal for new schemes to benefit the community.