New Delhi: The All India OBC Students Association (AIOBCSA), during its National Convention on OBC and Social Justice Issues, has unanimously adopted a series of resolutions aimed at strengthening constitutional safeguards, ensuring fair representation, and promoting empowerment for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) across the country.

The resolutions focus on ten major areas of concern for the OBC community. One of the primary demands is the immediate inclusion of the Bihar and Telangana Reservation Bills in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, to protect them from judicial interference. The convention also called for greater transparency and accountability in autonomous public institutions such as the Election Commission of India and the University Grants Commission, ensuring they remain free from external influence.

AIOBCSA expressed its deep appreciation to Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai for initiating the implementation of reservation in Supreme Court employment — a demand long championed by OBC rights advocates. In a move to further mobilise public support, the association announced the launch of two major initiatives in Bihar later this month — the OBC Yuva Sansad in Patna and the first phase of the Samajik Nyay Yatra from Buxar to Patna.

The resolutions also addressed recruitment practices in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), urging immediate correction of roster points and removal of the “No Further Selection” clause to ensure timely filling of reserved posts. On the issue of women’s representation, the AIOBCSA demanded a proportionate OBC quota within the Women’s Reservation to guarantee fair legislative representation for OBC women.

Challenging the existing legal framework, the convention called on the Union Government to remove the 50% ceiling on reservations by amending key constitutional provisions, enabling proportionate representation based on social and educational backwardness. It also pressed for OBC reservations in the appointment of judges to the High Courts and Supreme Court to improve social diversity in the judiciary.

Another significant resolution was the demand to abolish the “Creamy Layer” criteria for OBCs, which the association described as discriminatory and exclusionary. Additionally, the AIOBCSA called for OBC reservation in entrepreneurship, business projects, government tenders, and economic welfare schemes, ensuring equitable participation in economic growth.

Concluding the convention, the association resolved to continue its struggle for these demands through democratic means, legal action, and national-level mobilisation until all constitutional rights of the OBC community are fully realised.