West Bengal’s Assembly passes amendments to OBC-related laws that change both the list of communities eligible for reservation and the share of the OBC quota in the state. According to reports, the amendments revise the Other Backward Classes quota in West Bengal to 7% from 17%. The changes also remove 77 Muslim communities from the state’s OBC reservation list. One account says the earlier revision under the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government had expanded the OBC list by designating 113 sub-groups, including 77 Muslim and 36 Hindu sub-groups. The latest amendments therefore adjust the composition of the OBC list and alter the overall quota level, affecting how reservation eligibility is determined for OBC categories in the state. The reports describe the move as an amendment of the existing OBC framework in West Bengal, with the key elements being the reduction of the OBC quota percentage and the removal of specific Muslim communities that were previously included among the OBC sub-groups.