Chhattisgarh Assembly ratifies bill to extend SC/ST quota for 10 years

Chhattisgarh on Thursday joined the league of states to ratify the Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill that proposes to extend quota to Scheduled Caste (SC and Scheduled Tribe (ST) in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another 10 years.

A special one-day session of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly was held today to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on December 10 and 12 respectively. The bill requires the consent of 50 per cent state assemblies.

The resolution to ratify the bill was moved in the House by Chhattisgarh Law Minister Mohammed Akbar.