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Madhya Pradesh: Why this uproar over increase in OBC seats?

Shivraj Singh Chouhan is going all out to please the OBCs. During recruitment of college lecturers, the SC quota is being trimmed to allow more seats for OBCs. Strangely, it is the upper castes protesting against this move

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