Explain the emergence of OBCs by arranging the statements in a correct sequence.

(A) In 1990, the OBC issue became a major one in National Politics because the Central government decided to implement ten year old Mandal Commission Report.
(B) Due to powerful social movements in the southern states policies to address the problem of the OBCs were in place long before they were discussed in Northern states.
(C) The 1st Backward Classes Commission was headed by Kaka Kalelkar, however report made by his commission was sidelined.
(D) It was under Janata Party that the OBC issue returned to central level.
(E) Government under Nehru appointed a commission to look into measures for the welfare of the OBCS.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(E), (C), (B), (D), (A)

The correct answer is Option (1) → (E), (C), (B), (D), (A)

(E) Government under Nehru appointed a commission to look into measures for the welfare of the OBCS:

(C) The 1st Backward Classes Commission was headed by Kaka Kalelkar, however report made by his commission was sidelined: 1953

(B) Due to powerful social movements in the southern states policies to address the problem of the OBCs were in place long before they were discussed in Northern states.

(D) It was under Janata Party that the OBC issue returned to central level.

(A) In 1990, the OBC issue became a major one in National Politics because the Central government decided to implement ten year old Mandal Commission Report.

"The first government of independent India under Jawaharlal Nehru appointed a commission to look into measures for the welfare of the OBCs. The First Backward Classes Commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar submitted its report in 1953. But the political climate at the time led to the report being sidelined. From the mid-fifties, the OBC issue became a regional affair pursued at the state rather than the central level. The southern states had a long history of backward caste political agitation that had started in the early twentieth century. Because of these powerful social movements, policies to address the problems of the OBCs were in place long before they were discussed in most northern states. The OBC issue returned to the central level in the late 1970s after the Emergency when the Janata Party came to power. The Second Backward Classes Commission headed by B.P. Mandal was appointed at this time. However, it was only in 1990, when the central government decided to implement the ten-year old Mandal Commission report, that the OBC issue became a major one in national politics. "