Shillong, Aug. 13 -- The Meghalaya BJP would soon take up issues faced by Other Backward Classes (OBC) of the state with the government at the centre and the state.

This decision was taken during the first meeting of the party's OBC Morcha held on Wednesday at the Meghalaya BJP headquarters here in the presence of BJP state president Rikman G Momen and others.

Addressing the gathering, BJP general secretary Wankitbok Pohshna said that the State BJP is ready to raise certain vital and pertinent OBC issues with both the State and Central governments.

Stating that the government is yet to list the OBC castes of Meghalaya, Poshna said the OBC community residing in the state stands handicapped by not being able to avail the 27 percent...