NCBC Exposes TMC's Decade of Appeasement in Bengal OBC List

• NCBC recommended removing 35 communities, mostly Muslim, from West Bengal's Central OBC list.
• The recommendation follows alleged procedural violations and religiously motivated policymaking by the TMC government.
• Calcutta High Court previously invalidated OBC certificates issued by the TMC, citing illegal inclusion of 77 groups.
• Under TMC, Muslim communities on West Bengal's OBC list increased from 17% to over 53%.
• The article criticizes TMC for disregarding court rulings and pursuing "religious appeasement" for electoral gain.

Why It Matters: NCBC's finding exposes political manipulation of reservation for vote-bank politics.