The Indian National Congress plans to push for including OBCs in the women’s reservation quota, citing upcoming caste census data. The move follows the defeat of the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and aims to strengthen OBC representation in legislatures

The BJP held a ‘Janakrosh Morcha’ in Mumbai, with CM Devendra Fadnavis accusing the Opposition of blocking women’s reservation. He announced a statewide campaign to collect one crore signatures, while Opposition leaders maintained they support the Bill but oppose linking it to delimitation