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Protests for, against promotions quota
across UP, Uttarakhand
Monday December 17, 2012 04:32:43 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow/Dehradun:
The battle for quota in promotions for Dalits and tribals in
government jobs spilled on to streets in Uttar Pradesh and
Uttarakhand Monday as both supporters and opponents of the move
took out processions and organised protests.
Anti-quota protestors squatted before government offices,
disrupting work, and also attacked and vandalized the office of
the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) at Mall Avenue in
Lucknow.
In the Uttar Pradesh capital, protestors also took out a massive
rally, converging in front of the state assembly building,
disrupting normal vehicular traffic on one of the busiest roads of
the city.
Angry anti-quota protestors also tried to burn the effigies of
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati while several hundred
protestors sat outside the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
opposite the assembly.
Supporters of the quota in promotions proposal, clearly
outnumbered, held protests in many places near the statues of Dr
B.R. Ambedkar.
Government employees also struck work in Dehradun, capital city of
Uttarakhand, crippling normal government functioning.
In their demonstrations held under the aegis of Sarvajan Hitay
Sanrakshan Samiti, angry protestors demanded that the Congress-led
central government immediately withdraw the constitution amendment
bill, which has been tabled in the Rajya sabha and is to be voted
later Monday evening.
They also praised the stand of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam
Singh Yadav that he will do his best to block passage of the
contentious bill.
"This is a black period in democratic India, when to get a few
votes, injustice is being done to a majority of people," said
Shailendra Dubey, convener of the Samiti.
Reports of stiff opposition to the promotions quota bill have also
come from Varanasi, Meerut, Kanpur, Allahabad, and Gorakhpur in
Uttar Pradesh. The protestors warned political parties that if
their voice was not heard, the parties will have to face their
wrath in the forthcoming general elections.
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