Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 7: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today reiterated its demand for providing 27 % reservation to State OBCs in real sense as per Mandal Commission Report.
Addressing the workers’ meet here at Party Headquarters, State president, Tulsi Dass Langeh took serious note of hue and cry by the leadership of Congress, BJP and Panthers Party for State Government’s discrimination with Jammu region while declaring backward areas, as out of 42 backward villages only 17 villages from Jammu region were included.
“Time and again State Government took such discriminative decisions in the Cabinet, the Ministers from Jammu region failed to watch the interest of people of Jammu region”, he said and regretted that State Government has even failed to provide 27% reservation to State OBCs as per Mandal Commission Report in the light of the verdict of Supreme Court of India.
He further said that though the Jats have been given OBC status in other States, the same is denied by J&K Government and it is giving deaf ear to their (Jats’) demand for grant of OBC status in their favour.
BSP leader further said that Government is giving 20% reservation in the name of backward areas, whereas in the constitution there is not any provision for grant of reservation in the name of backward areas. An area can be declared backward for the purpose of development, not for job reservation, he added.
The BSP State president stressed upon the State Government to rectify its decision and grant 27% reservation to OBCs in real sense as per Mandal Commission Report and OBC status to the Jats of the State.
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