Muslim quota: UP BJP to hold statewide protests

[Dance]

Lucknow: Protesting the UPA government's proposal of Muslim reservation within the 27 percent OBC quota, Uttar Pradesh BJP on Saturday said it will hold statewide demonstrations against it on December 27, the day when the Bill would be tabled in Parliament.



"The move to provide reservation to minorities is divisive and not in the interest of the country. BJP will protest the move across the country and in the state it will hold demonstration at all district headquarters on December 27 when the Bill would be tabled in Parliament," BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi told reporters here.

Claiming that providing reservation to Muslims is like declaring India as a Hindu nation, BJP leader Uma Bharti said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should clarify whether he had declared India as a Hindu nation.

"Reservation on the basis of religion cannot be provided unless they (Centre) declare India as Hindu nation," she said during the joint press conference with Shahi.

"It was a move to divide the country," she said, adding that it was a ploy of the Congress ahead of the UP assembly elections to appease the Muslim community.


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[harshad]

reservation system should be abolished anyways this is only vote bank politics since the elections are comming up in 5 states

 

[notsuperstitious]

Give reservations to the poor, irrespective of caste, religion, underwear size etc etc.

This dumb sh*t has gone on too long and we are now trying to make it worse.

 

[rai_kamal]

"Reservation on the basis of religion cannot be provided unless they (Centre) declare India as Hindu nation," she said during the joint press conference with Shahi.

Can't understand the logic behind it, but still i m against the reservation..
It's right of the BPL population not for those who r in middle class...

 

[Android]

isn't giving reservations itself is a form caste discrimination???

 

[harpoon]

The reservation for Muslims cuts into the quota for OBCs, so the only one that should have problem will be the OBCs. Anyways as a General category all I can say is that " I really don't care"...as long as Govt keeps the reservation cap on 50% and keeps out of Pvt Sector.