India, Nov. 16 -- President of the OBC Mahasangh Baban Taywade on Saturday objected to the calculation methodology used for deciding OBC seats in local body polls, saying that it would result in a reduced number of seats for the community. He pointed out that it had led to the loss of one OBC seat in the Nagpur municipal corporation, and wrote a letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding that he look into the matter.

The reserved seats in a local body take into consideration the total number of seats that it has and the reservation percentage due to the specific community, which, in the OBCs' case is 27%. The methodology that Taywade has challenged was issued by the State Election Commission (SEC). According to the OBC leader,...