Other Backward Classes have been playing a decisive role in the successive victories of the BJP in the state. The court ruled that the quota cannot be extended to OBCs as the UP government did not complete the necessary formalities.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court, opposing the Allahabad High Court s Lucknow bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservations for Other Backward Classes.