Political Rise of Other Backward Classes

The Political Rise of Other Backward Classes started when the Congress party started to withdraw their support to the backward classes. This situation created a reverse support system and the Other Backward Classes started to support the non-congress parties. There are so many non-congress parties who developed their rural base and support at this time.

• Half of the Indian Population belongs to the OBCs. They were totally neglected in Indian society until they revolted against the upper-class dominations.
• In the Bihar region, the OBC caste people were related to the land reforms and peasant movements. These movements changed their political view and positions with their social profile.
• In Madhya Pradesh, the national parties invited OBCs to join the different political and social movements.

Political Rise of Other Backward Classes is a subpart of the Class 12 Political Science Chapter 8 which is titled The Recent Developments In Indian Politics. The subpart describes the political progress of the Other Backward Classes in India through land reform and the different peasant movements. These movements changed the social and political position of the Other Backward Classes. On the other hand, Other Backward Classes represent half of the Indian Population whose uprising was questioned by so many upper caste people in the public domain. The Subpart, Political Rise of Other Backward Classes says about the Other Backward Classes, their status, the Mandal Commission, after status of the OBCs after the Mandal Commission, and much more.

In this article, we are going to discuss the Class 12 Political Science Chapter 8 subpart Political Rise of Other Backward Classes in detail.