Recently a claim, made by Subuhi Khan, who describes herself as a lawyer, activist, spiritual seeker, and Sanatani Muslim, went viral on Jun 19. As per the claim, the majority of selected candidates for West Bengal Sub-Inspector post are Muslim. Subuhi herself tweeted a list of selected candidates for the Sub-Inspector post announced by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBRPB) on Jun 18, 2021, with a caption, “Merit list of 50 candidates selected for the post of sub-inspector by West Bengal Police Recruitment Board.” The list truly shows mostly Muslim names. Her tweet garnered approximately 4.5k likes and 2.5k shares.
Similar claim was made by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Madhya Pradesh state president Vaibhav Pawar, as he too tweeted, a list of 50 selected candidates. A majority of the candidates on the list are Muslims. “Mamata Banerjee is ensuring (West Bengal) transforms into Pakistan,” he wrote. The exact caption which was in Hindi, roughly translates to, “this merit list of police recruitment in Bengal shows why Hindus are migrating to West Bengal. Mamta Bano is journeying from #KhelaHobe to making Pakistan.”
Another user Atul Ahuja, followed by BJP leaders Piyush Goyal, Kapil Mishra and Tajinder Bagga, sarcastically wrote, “There is discrimination against Muslims in India ~ The Wire, BBC, NDTV, The Wall Street Journal.” Several other users – Kalpana Srivastav, Sameet Thakkar and Minty Sharma too alluded that a majority of candidates recruited as sub-inspectors in West Bengal police hail from the Muslim community.
The same post was shared thoroughly over Facebook as well. In order to hunt the accuracy of the post, Google search was used. The result of such search was that, the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBPRB) announced the final result of the 2019 Recruitment to the Sub-Inspector (Armed Branch and Unarmed Branch) Exam on June 18, 2021. And the list which went viral is the names of 50 candidates selected in the OBC-A category.
The website of WBPRB has two lists for each vacancy, namely: SC reservations 1 and 2, ST reservations 1 and 2, OBC-A reservations 1 and 2, OBC-B reservations 1 and 2, and UR (Unreserved) category 1 and 2.
As explained by the former West Bengal Commission for Other Backward Classes Chairperson Ashim Banerjee, that OBC has two categories. OBC-B are those people who are socially and economically better, and the rest are OBC-A category. “Category A is called ‘More Backward’ and enjoys 10 per cent reservation, while Category B is called ‘Backward’ and enjoys 7 per cent reservation – thus increasing the total OBC reservation in the state to 17 per cent,” added Banerjee.
According to former Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde, religion should not be considered as a part of SC/ST status. This is why “the social exclusion of Christians and Muslims from the SC and ST backgrounds a pertinent issue that requires the Supreme Court’s consideration,” observations were made after the National Council of Dalit Christians (NCDC).
Muslims were always considered under the OBC category. The West Bengal Government recognizes 170 OBC communities, among which 112 communities are Muslims.
Thus, the list containing 50 Muslim names that went viral is of the OBC-A category. And the claims made are utterly misleading. In contrast, the other nine lists show a majority of Hindu candidates who got selected.
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