1 year ago
BJP Issues Whip to Rajya Sabha MPs for OBC Committee Elections
The BJP party told its members in the upper house of Parliament to vote in an upcoming election.
This election is for the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes, a group that works to help people from these communities.
The voting will happen on August 19th.
This committee checks if the government is doing enough to include OBCs in jobs and other areas, and reports back on their actions.
The committee has 30 members and was first created in 2011, but did not meet in 2020-21.
They are also set to meet on August 20th.
BJP issued a whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs.
The whip directs MPs to vote in the election for the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes.
Voting will take place on August 19th in Samvidhan Sadan.
The Committee focuses on uplifting the OBC community.
The Committee examines government measures for OBC representation.
- Who
- BJP's Rajya Sabha MPs.
- What
- BJP issued a whip for its Rajya Sabha MPs to vote in the election for the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes.
- Where
- Samvidhan Sadan.
- When
- Voting will be held on August 19th.
- Why
- To elect members for the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes.
Key facts
- Party
- BJP
- Committee
- Committee on Welfare of OBCs
- Voting Date
- August 19th
- Location
- Samvidhan Sadan
- Committee Purpose
- Upliftment of the OBC community
- Committee Members
- 30 members
- First Constituted
- 2011
Quotes
Laxmikant Bajpai
BJP’s chief whip in the upper house of Parliament
“All members of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha are, therefore, requested to be positively cast their vote on Tuesday, the 19th August, in favour of the candidates as per the preferences indicated in the sample ballot paper, to be given to them by the staff sitting outside room no 63, Samvidhan Sadan.”
thestatesman.com
