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Analysis: Calcutta HC's cancellation of Mamata govt OBC list reignites Muslim vote bank debate

Analysis: Calcutta HC's cancellation of Mamata govt OBC list reignites Muslim vote bank debate

May 24, 2024, at 05:45 am

When the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday that the Muslim community was treated as a "commodity for political ends" by the  West Bengal government which classified 77 classes of Muslims as backward between 2010 and 2012, it triggered a debate on appeasement and vote bank politics vis-a-vis social uplift of the real backward people.