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OBC Muslims’ body launches campaign for caste census in Maharashtra -Dhaval Kulkarni

-Hindustan Times

The All India Muslim OBC Organisation (AIMOBC) is looking at expanding their campaign to press for caste-based census across the country and wants a scientific headcount of all castes, including those among Muslims, for enhanced affirmative action benefits.

As the demand for a caste-based census intensifies, an organisation of backward Muslims has launched a state-wide campaign to press for it. The All India Muslim OBC Organisation (AIMOBC) is looking at expanding this campaign across the country and wants a scientific headcount of all castes, including those among Muslims, for enhanced affirmative action benefits.

The body has sought that in case the percentage of other backward classes (OBCs) in the country exceeds the estimate of 52%, then the quota for the section be increased from the present 27%.

Around 90% Muslims fall in OBC, Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Scheduled Caste (SC) categories, with upper-caste Ashraf Muslims such as Syeds forming a small number. Muslim OBC activists note that like Hindus, caste runs co-terminus among Muslims with a bulk of them engaged in traditional, caste-based occupations like Bagwans and Rayeens (gardeners), Ansaris and Momins (weavers), Hajams (barbers) and Darjis (tailors).

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