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Minority quota 'dangerous', can lead to civil war: BJP
BJP today said that the decision of carving a a sub-quota for minorities within the 27% reservation for OBCs is a "dangerous political game" of Congress and could result in a "civil war" among different communities. Cabinet nod for minority quota
BJP on Friday said that the decision of carving a a sub-quota for minorities within the 27% reservation for OBCs is a "dangerous political game" of Congress and could result in a "civil war" among different communities.
"The quota within quota is Congress party's dangerous political game, which can lead to a civil war among the different communities and castes," said BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
The government had late last night cleared the proposal to allow a 4.5% quota for minorities within the 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The BJP leader said his party is in favour of socio-economic development of the Muslim community. He charged the ruling Congress party of exploiting the Muslim votes for political gains for the last 60 years.
"This quota within quota 'lollipop' is also part of the Congress' political exploitation campaign. This is the biggest fraud of the Congress and its government against the Muslims as well as the Constitution. On one hand, it is constitutionally wrong and on the other Muslims are not going to benefit by this," Naqvi said.
"By injecting the cocaine of quota, Congress is conspiring to hijack the Muslim votes. We will not allow this dirty and dangerous game succeed...," he added.
The decision of carving out a sub-quota within the OBC quota comes ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which was cleared at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, paving the way for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for minorities as defined in section 2 (C) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) are notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the Act.
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