Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Tejashwi Urges Bihar NDA Leaders to Seek 75% Reservation
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav wants Bihar’s reservation plan to receive protection from the Central government.
The plan would provide 65% reservation for several disadvantaged communities.
It would also include 10% reservation for economically weaker sections.
Together, this would make 75% reservation.
Tejashwi asked several NDA leaders to press the Centre to put the plan in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule.
He said the plan was withdrawn because these leaders did not apply enough pressure.
He also argued that disadvantaged communities have very little representation in senior positions.
Upendra Kushwaha said he supports Bihar’s current reservation system and wants it expanded.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav urged Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha to pressure the Central government over Bihar’s proposed 75% reservation.
He said the Mahagathbandhan government raised reservations for backward classes, extremely backward classes, Dalits and Adivasis to 65%, alongside 10% for EWS.
Tejashwi said Bihar sent a proposal to place the combined 75% reservation in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule.
He blamed NDA leaders and the Bharatiya Janata Party for failing to secure the proposal, after which the increased reservation limit was withdrawn.
Upendra Kushwaha said his party supports Bihar’s reservation system based on Karpoori Thakur’s formula and wants its scope expanded.
- Who
- RJD leader and Bihar Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav; NDA leaders Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha; and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- What
- Tejashwi urged NDA leaders to push the Central government to include Bihar’s proposed 75% reservation in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule.
- When
- Tuesday, according to the article.
- Where
- At a press conference in Patna, Bihar.
- Why
- He said the measure was needed to protect the expanded reservation system and improve representation for disadvantaged communities.
Tejashwi’s criticism
Kushwaha’s stated position
Responsibility for the reservation proposal
Tejashwi’s criticism
Tejashwi said Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Upendra Kushwaha and the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to pressure the Centre, leading to withdrawal of the increased reservation limit.
Kushwaha’s stated position
Kushwaha said his party supports Bihar’s reservation system under Karpoori Thakur’s formula and wants its scope expanded, while emphasizing social justice and disadvantaged communities’ interests.
Future of reservation
Tejashwi’s criticism
Tejashwi called for the proposed 75% reservation to be included in the Ninth Schedule and said it should eventually be increased to 85%.
Kushwaha’s stated position
Kushwaha supported expanding the existing system but did not specify a target percentage or directly address Tejashwi’s demand for Ninth Schedule inclusion.
- Proposed reservation
- 75% in total: 65% for backward, extremely backward, Dalit and Adivasi communities, plus 10% for EWS.
- Requested constitutional protection
- Inclusion of the proposal in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule.
- Earlier Bihar action
- The Mahagathbandhan government conducted a caste survey and increased the reservation limit for specified communities to 65%.
- Tejashwi’s allegation
- He blamed NDA leaders and the Bharatiya Janata Party for failing to pressure the Central government.
- Representation claim
- Tejashwi said there are barely 20 vice-chancellors, fewer than 10 judges and no more than 10 Government of India secretaries from SC, ST and OBC communities.
- Upendra Kushwaha’s position
- He said the Rashtriya Lok Morcha supports Bihar’s reservation system under Karpoori Thakur’s formula and wants its scope expanded.