“Over 100 Muslim Communities Dropped as Bengal BJP Govt Reinstates Old OBC List, Bringing Relief to Hindu OBCs.”, Hindu Existence Organisation, May 21, 2026

“In a major overhaul of West Bengal’s reservation framework, the BJP government led by Suvendu Adhikari has rolled back the Mamata Banerjee-era Other Backward Classes (OBC) regime, restoring the state’s pre-2010 reservation structure and reducing the total OBC quota from 17% to 7%.

The decision effectively removes more than 100 Muslim communities that had been included in the OBC list during the tenure of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government headed by Mamata Banerjee. The BJP has described the earlier expansion as an exercise in “minority appeasement”, alleging that Hindu OBC communities were deprived of educational, employment, and welfare opportunities under the revised system introduced after 2010.

Return to Pre-2010 OBC Structure

The new state government has notified 66 caste groups that existed in West Bengal’s OBC list prior to 2010, while abolishing the Category A and Category B sub-classifications introduced by the TMC government…….”

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