BHUBANESWAR, Jan. 14 -- The BJP on Monday slammed the State Government for not appointing an OBC Commissioner for long and not giving any reservation to SEBC and OBC candidates in Government jobs and higher education sectors.

"As per the Constitutional provisions, all States have power to make developmental plans, including provision of reservation, for socially and economically backward classes. It is disappointing that the Chief Minister though of SEBC and OBC people after ruling the State for 20 years by recommending to the Centre to conduct Socially and Economically Caste enumeration along with the General Census in 2021," ridiculed BJP State general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan at a Press meet here.

He demanded that the Chief Min...