Is this the Mandal Commission moment of the NDA government?

India has sections of the population that are not just socially but educationally backward

The Union cabinet has approved setting up of National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes replacing the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and approved amending the Constitution and inserting Article 338B for setting up the new commission.

Is this the Mandal Commission moment of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government? And why does the government want to go into the complex process of amending the constitution to make this change?

Actually, it is the recognition of political reality – that India has sections of the population that are