The Opposition parties have cast doubts over the outcome of the survey of backward class communities carried out by Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes. They allege that door-to-door enumeration route was not followed to know the exact population of Socially and Educationally Backward Class.
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The Commission has pointed out that the other backward class (OBC) population constituted 39.31% of the State’s total populace. Though the survey report was not officially made public by the Naveen Patnaik Government, both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress said the survey failed to capture clear picture of backward classes.
