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Quota for minorities our commitment: Salman Khurshid
Friday December 02, 2011 03:43:43 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Reservation
for minorities was a commitment made by the Congress-led central
government which had to be fulfilled, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Friday, a day after he said a share for
Muslims within the 27 percent quota for other backward classes (OBCs)
was being considered.
"Reservation for minorities is a commitment we made in our
manifesto and there have been consistent demands for it. So the
government has decided and we are considering it," Khurshid told
reporters outside parliament.
"Should we not consider? If we don't do anything, we are said to
be paralysed, if we do something, we are said to be doing
something not to the liking of other people," he said.
"Every government cannot be like the opposition, the opposition
cannot be like the government. We have to do what we have been
elected to do before the five years are out, we should do what we
promised," he added.
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