Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho on Tuesday said that a total of 35.5 per cent of the 1,522 wards would be reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes at the panchayat polls, which is scheduled for June 11.
P’yat polls: Quota notification by end of week
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PANAJI
Speaking at a press briefing, Godinho said, “Of the total 540 wards reserved for these three categories, 357 have been reserved for OBC, 168 for STs and 15 for SCs. The Department of Panchayats will move the file for the reservation notification today and the same will be published in the official gazette by the end of the week.”
For the first time in Goa, one per cent of the seats have been reserved for the SC community. Eight out of the 15 wards
TOTAL WARDS
540
RESERVED WARDS
OBC: 357 (110 for women)
ST: 168 (54 for women)
SC: 15 (3 for women)
MORE FOR WOMEN
323 wards have been reserved exclusively for women
Total reservation for women is 490 wards or 33 pc
GODINHO ON POLL DELAY
This is a small delay and it doesn’t make any difference
Won’t serve political purpose as elections will not be held along party lines
There is no mal-intention or deliberate wrong-doing in this regard
ON AMENDMENT TO ACT
We are examining it closely and if necessary, changes will be made
