Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh August 6-
Haryana government has decided to give reservations for Backward Classes of Citizens Block B (Schedule-II) in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Municipalities across the state.
This decision reiterates CM Nayab Singh Saini’s commitment to upliftment of Backward Classes and promote their participation in the democratic process. The reservation for Backward Classes Block-B will be implemented based on the recommendations of the Haryana Backward Classes Commission. Presently the BC-A population in the state is 18.93 percent and the BC-B population in the state is 15.05 percent.
As per the report, the backward classes of citizens Block-B also require the support of reservation on the pattern of backward classes of citizens Block-A in the elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions/Municipalities for their upliftment and to be adequately represented in the gross root of democratic set up.
The office of Panch in every Gram Panchayat Shall be reserved for the backward classes (B) and the number of seats so reserved shall bear as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total numbers of seeds in that Gram Panchayat as one-half of the percentage of population of backward classes (B) to the total population in that Gram Sabha area.
