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Quota of EBCs may be increased in Panchyati Raj institutions: Sushil Modi

Patna, Jan 24 (UNI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today said reservation for Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) may be increased in panchayati raj institutions as more than two dozen castes had been included in EBCs.
Mr Modi, while addressing a function organised to mark the birth anniversary of former Bihar Chief Minister and veteran socialist leader late Karpoori Thakur here in the state headquarters of BJP said that both Congress and RJD had let down backwards and they used them only for vote bank politics.
When Karpoori Thakur became Chief Minister in 1977, he gave reservation to backwards in government services and it could be possible as Kailashpati Mishra of Jansangh was a
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