127th Constitution Amendment

To empower the OBC communities, the Lok Sabha passed the 127th constitution Amendment Bill 2021 on August 9. Surprisingly, none of the opposition was against it, thus was passed by all the 385 members. The bill provides freedom to states and UTs to form their own OBC lists. All 671 OBCs “will be benefited now" will the passing of the bill, said Virendra Kumar, Social Justice, and Empowerment Minister.