The National OBC Commission Chairman Vangala Eashwaraiah has said that no caste can be included in the OBC list without the permission of the Backward Classes Commission.
He was speaking at a programme organised by BC Udyama Vedika at the Osmania University in the backdrop of the Patels agitation for including them on the OBC list for the purpose of reservation.
He said Patels, who are economically and socially way ahead of others cannot be included in the OBC list and reminded that the Supreme Court upheld the decision to remove Jats from the OBC category.
Deshagoni Sambasiva Goud, who presided over the meeting, said the Patels agitation was unfortunate and the effort seems to rake up an issue unnecessarily.
“If we don’t get it no one should get it” seems to be the motto of the Patels agitation, he said.
Leaders from various organisations participated in the meeting.
