Last Updated on 05/08/2024 by Arun jain
Even after the Supreme Court’s decision on quota within quota, this issue does not seem to end. According to sources, NDA’s ally Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) may file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s order.
LJP (Ram Vilas) Chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan has already said that his party will appeal against the Supreme Court’s decision on the classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. After the SC decision, he had said that his party would request the Supreme Court to review this decision.
,‘Untouchability still exists in society’
He had said, ‘We will file a review petition in the court. The purpose of upliftment of the deprived section of the society will not be achieved by creating new sub-categories within the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category. The basis of reservation for Scheduled Castes is untouchability, which is still continuing in the society.’
Mayawati also protested
Earlier, former UP CM and BSP chief Mayawati had also expressed her disagreement on this issue. Mayawati had said that her party Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) does not agree at all with the Supreme Court’s decision approving the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. She had said that SC and ST communities have faced atrocities as a group and it would not be right to make any kind of sub-classification within these groups.
‘Against classification in reservation’
Mayawati had said that classification in reservation would mean abolishing reservation and giving it to the general category. Our party does not agree with this decision of the Supreme Court and we are against any kind of classification in reservation.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)