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Congress using Muslims as vote bank through quota, says BJP
Saturday December 24, 2011 08:49:47 PM,
IANS
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Ranchi: The Jharkhand
unit of the Bharatiya janata Party (BJP) Saturday alleged that the
central government's decision to give 4.5 per cent reservation to
minorities was nothing but a move to use Muslims as vote bank in
the upcoming elections in five states.
"Giving 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities is a poll plank of
the Congress and it wants to use Muslims as vote banks in the
polls in the five states," said Raghubar Das, former deputy chief
minister and a BJP legislator, to IANS.
"Reservations on religious ground are unconstitutional. This is
deceiving the Muslims."
"Why is the Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance)
government sitting over the recommendations of the Sachar and
Ranganath Mishra committee reports?" asked Das.
"The BJP is chalking out a strategy to hit the roads in Jharkhand
against the central UPA government's decision to accord
reservations to minorities in the name of religion," he added.
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