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After Khurshid, another minister promises quotas in UP
Thursday February 16, 2012 01:15:12 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Congress
leader and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has reignited the row
over reservations for minorities in Uttar Pradesh by promising
sub-quotas for Muslims if the party was voted to power in the
state.
Addressing a political rally at Kayamganj assembly constituency in
Farrukhabad district Wednesday, Verma said: "Muslims don't have
their homes; they don't have jobs and 70 percent of them work as
labourers. Non-Congress governments in the state have not done
anything for their betterment.
"We will make sure that quotas for them is increased if the
Congress comes to power in Uttar Pradesh," he said.
Verma's remarks come two days after Law Minister Salman Khurshid
apologized to the Election Commission, regretting his remarks on
sub-quota for backward sections of minorities in Uttar Pradesh,
where elections are going on.
"I said in Farrukhabad that Muslims have not got their due and the
central government has made a reservation of 4.5 percent for them
and it needs to be increased. If Election Commission serves me a
notice I will reply to it," Prasad told Times Now.
Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Congress general
secretary Digvijay Singh said: "There is nothing wrong in what he
(Verma) has said as increasing quota for Muslims is part of the
Congress manifesto.
"Talking about things in party's manifesto is not a violation of
election model code of conduct," he added.
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