Who was the Prime Minister when the Mandal Commission recommendation was implemented?

V.P. Singh

The correct answer is Option 4 - V.P. Singh

V.P. Singh was the Prime Minister when the Mandal Commission recommendation was implemented in India.

In August 1990, the National Front government decided to implement one of the recommendations of Mandal Commission pertaining to reservations for OBCs in jobs in the central government and its undertakings. This decision sparked agitations and violent protests in many cities of north India. The decision was also challenged in the Supreme Court and came to be known as the ‘Indira Sawhney case’, after the name of one of the petitioners.