AMN / Lucknow
BSP chief Mayawati today slammed the UP Govt for including 17 OBC in the Scheduled Caste list, terming the move a “big fraud” and demanded its immediate withdrawal.Mayawati claimed that a similar “unconstitutional and illegal” move was made by the previous SP Govt to cheat these castes, but her party had opposed it even then.“This is a big fraud with the members of these 17 castes. They will neither be able to receive benefits under 27% quota of the OBC, nor under the SC category as the state Govt cannot list or remove them from any of the categories through its orders,” she said.She said that in 2007 her Govt had requested the Congress dispensation at the Centre to include the 17 castes in the Scheduled Caste list.