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Government working on reservation for
minorities: Congress
Thursday December 01, 2011 07:40:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In a
significant move ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the
Congress Thursday said the government was working speedily to give
reservation to minorities within the OBC quota.
Congress spokesman Raashid Alvi said here that the party had
mentioned in its election manifesto of 2009 too that it had
pioneered reservations in government jobs and educational
institutions for minorities in Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh on the basis of their social and economic backwardness and
was committed to adopting the measure at the national level.
"Government is working at a very fast pace to implement this part
of manifesto so that they (minorities) get their share among
backward classes," Alvi said.
The Congress manifesto had said that the party was committed to
ensuring that the constitutional rights of minorities were
protected fully and their representation in public administration
increases.
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