Kolkata, June 29 -- The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed two significant legislations aimed at restructuring the state's Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation framework and strengthening the powers of the Backward Classes Commission, marking another major development in the politically sensitive issue of reservations in the state.
The two Bills - The West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than SC and ST) Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and The West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2026 - were tabled in the Assembly and subsequently passed after a vote.
The first Bill amends the Trinamool Congress government's 2012 law on OBC reservations, while the second modifies the 1993...