Apart from five of these seats — Devsar 47%, Parasia 45%, and Amla, Gotegaon and Maheswar 41% — the share of SC and ST voters swings between 31% and 34%, making general, OBC and minority votes ...

Similarly, the percentage of SC-ST families living on similar income is around 42 per cent, while 33.16 per cent of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 33.58 per cent of Extremely Backward Classes ...

There is a reservation of 16, 12, and 21 percent for SC, ST, and OBC respectively in the state and various caste-based organizations are holding rallies and Maha Panchayats to demand an increase ...