Modi formed OBC commission which earlier govts didn't do: Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to address the issues of deprived and backward classes by setting up an OBC commission, which the previous governments failed to do in last 70 years, BJP president Amit Shah said on Tuesday.

Addressing a Dussehra rally organised at Sawargaon village in Maharashtra's Beed district, he also lauded Modi for integrating Jammu and Kashmir with India with the decision to abrogate Article 370.

This was Shah's first public address in Maharashtra since the announcement of dates for the upcoming state polls.

"The previous governments in last 70 years could do nothing for the Other Backward Classes. It is Modi who formed the OBC commission to address their issues through the constitutional framework. Today, the Modi government is working for deprived and backward classes in the country," Shah said.

Further lavishing praise on Modi over abrogation of Article 370, he said, "The prime minister integrated Jammu and Kashmir with India. His work should reach every home in this (Marathwada) region."