The BJP government in Gujarat has announced a 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies, based on a commission s report. However, in areas with substantial tribal population, the reservation for OBCs will continue to be 10%. The existing quota for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes remains unchanged.
In the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections, 13 per cent of the MLAs spent less than 50 per cent of the expense limit in their constituency, while the BJP MLAs on an average spent 69.9 per cent of the expense limit, according to a report of the .
In the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections, out of the total 182 MLAs, BJP's three legislators spent the maximum from the poll expenditure limit, according to a report of the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch.In its .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s day-long visit to Gujarat on Friday enabled him to kill two birds with one stone, in the backdrop of assembly elections in six states, coming up later this year, and Lok Sabha elections scheduled for 2024.