Bhopal, Aug. 13 -- The Supreme Court's ruling in the case pertaining to the constitutional validity of Other Backward Classes reservation -- under the Madhya Pradesh Public Service (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs) Amendment Act, 2019 -- has raised the political temperature of the state.

The apex court, while hearing the case yesterday, placed it in the 'top of the board' category and ruled that daily hearings would take place from September 23. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Additional SG KM Nataraj and Advocate General Prashant Singh represented the state government.

Reacting to the ruling, Congress state President Jitu Patwari wrote on social media, "Like the previous chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, ...