It is in the DNA of the BJP and the RSS to try and erase reservations, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday and asserted that his party will not allow doing away with quota.
The Supreme Court has held that states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments and there is no fundamental right to claim quota in promotions.
he Haryana Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a motion to ratify the 126th Constitutional Amendment to extend reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Punjab for another 10 years.
"The army people have been defending the country not just after independence but before that too. But while they are in service, they don't get the chance to vote. I served the nation for 30 years but I didn't get a chance to vote," said ex-Major Dr. TC Rao
Experts from different walks of life have pointed out numerous anomalies in the new provisions and have expressed fears that steep fines would only add to corruption.
On Sunday, Bhagwat, at the concluding session of Gyan Utsav, said there should be a "conversation in a harmonious atmosphere" over the issue of reservation -- between those who want it and those who don't.
Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill aims to implement 10 per cent Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in Jammu and Kashmir.
Union Cabinet has given a nod to 10% reservation to economically weaker sections in Jammu & Kashmir. Such a reservation is already in place in other parts of the country.
Earlier this month, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath too promised to bring a law to provide 70 per cent reservation for locals in the private companies in the state.
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 12) said that Maratha reservation in Maharashtra cannot be implemented with retrospective effect. This means that provision of the reservation will not guide and govern events that took place before the reservation was officially declared by Maharashtra Government.
The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal Tuesday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the economically weaker sections in the general category, state minister Partha Chatterjee said.
A Bench headed by Justice SA Bobde, on July 16, will start hearing arguments to decide whether interim order should be passed to stay the implementation of the Constitution Amendment of 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker section of the general category.
Maharashtra School Education Minister Ashish Shelar Friday told the state Assembly that students belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC), as well as the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), had not availed quota meant for them in junior college admissions, resulting in a large number of vacancies.
The Kamal Nath-led government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday gave its nod to providing 10 per cent reservation to the underprivileged people in the state belonging to the general category.
The state government has already launched a survey to find out how many people would benefit from the legislative amendment to provide quota to EWS in the general category.
Taking part in a calling attention moved by Manisha Kayande (Shiv Sena), Congress and NCP legislators said despite a large section of Muslims falling under the economically weaker section, the state government has failed to offer any reservation benefits to the community in education and jobs.
The Delhi Government-led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday approved10 per cent EWS reservation in governmnet jobs.
"I brought it (reservation for poor in general category) in Haryana first. I ensured that irrespective of caste and economy, everybody gets reservation. They (BJP) opposed it at that time. Now they have repackaged it at the national level and are trying to reap its benefits. It is my wine in their bottle," Bhupinder Singh Hooda said.
Parliament recently passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill approving the quota in government jobs and educational institutes.
Responding to a supplementary during Question Hour, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said in Lok Sabha that the government can "bring an ordinance if its review petition filed in the top court is rejected".
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