The Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday cleared two bills providing 27% reservation to the OBC in the local body polls. These bills were originally ordinances that were issued by the rural and urban development departments and have been challenged in the SC. While clearing the bills, the opposition and the government engaged into a verbal spat blaming each other for the loss of political reservation to the OBC. Cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal said the Centres decision to not share the empirical data has put the OBC reservation across the country in danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"