LUCKNOW, Oct. 16 -- A couple of days after the Allahabad high court directed the State Election Commission to hold panchayati raj elections in Uttar Pradesh within three months, panchayati raj minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said on Friday that the government is prepared and awaiting the Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission report.

Speaking at a membership induction event of his Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) in Lucknow, he said: "Once the report comes, the government will announce the dates and the election process will move forward. Everything will become clear within a month. There will be no need to approach the Supreme Court. Ballot papers have already reached districts. We are not backing away from the elections." During the ...