Last week, the Supreme Court had approved giving quota within the quota of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category. The court had said that by creating new sub-categories within the SC-ST category, separate reservation can be given to the most backward classes. Many political parties including BSP, Congress are showing disagreement on this decision of the Supreme Court. Now the reaction of Samajwadi Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav has also come to the fore regarding this.
Akhilesh Yadav said that the credibility of BJP on the issue of reservation has become zero. He said that the BJP government every time tries to weaken the fight for reservation through its vague statements and lawsuits, then when the various components of the PDA put pressure on it, it pretends to back down by showing superficial sympathy. The internal thinking of the BJP has always been anti-reservation. That is why the trust of 90 percent of the PDA society on the BJP is continuously falling.
The main objective of any kind of reservation should be the empowerment of the neglected society and not the division or disintegration of that society, this disregards the basic principle of reservation itself.
The discrimination and inequality of opportunities that have existed for countless generations cannot be bridged by the changes that have taken place in a few generations…
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 11, 2024
The SP chief said, “The main objective of any kind of reservation should be the empowerment of the neglected society and not the division or disintegration of that society. This disregards the basic principle of reservation. The discrimination and unequal opportunities that have been going on for countless generations cannot be bridged by the changes that have come in a few generations. ‘Reservation’ is the constitutional way to empower and strengthen the exploited and deprived society. This will bring about change. There is no need to change its provisions. For the PDA, the ‘constitution’ is a lifesaver, while ‘reservation’ is the breath of life!”
‘If you cannot do it yourself then through the court…’, Mayawati expressed her displeasure over the Supreme Court’s decision regarding SC-ST
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Mayawati also opposed the court’s decision
Earlier, BSP supremo Mayawati had also opposed the court’s decision on this. Mayawati had said that instead of ending the reservation given to SC and ST themselves, they are trying to end it through the court and they have been mostly successful in this. In response to a question, she said that the government also did not oppose it in the court. Their lawyers kept giving such arguments which helped the Supreme Court in giving such decisions. Be it the lawyers presenting arguments on behalf of the Congress or the government, both helped the Supreme Court, which shows their intentions. Mayawati alleged that through this there is an attempt to end the reservation.
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