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Khurshid
defends announcement of quota for Muslims
Tuesday January 10, 2012 05:01:19 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Law
Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday defended his announcement of nine
percent reservation for Muslims in Uttar Pradesh if the Congress
was voted to power, and said the government was working according
to the "set-up in the country".
"The government has worked according to the set-up in the country
that provides 27 percent reservation for people belonging to
backward classes of all religions," Khurshid told reporters here.
The law minister was reacting to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP)
complaint to the Election Commission that the announcement
violated the code of conduct and was an attempt to woo voters in
the state.
"This very set-up on the recommendation of the Sachar Committee
has been implemented in all central government jobs," said
Khurshid.
He added that he was ready to answer any questions.
"But the people do understand the motive behind their complaint."
Khurshid Monday announced in Farrukhabad, wife Louise Khurshid's
constituency, that a nine percent sub-quota for backward Muslims
would be provided in Uttar Pradesh if the Congress was voted to
power.
Referring to Uttar Pradesh nationally topping malnutrition -
according to a report released at an event where Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh was present - the law minister said funds given by
the central government were not reaching the masses.
"As Rahul-ji has said repeatedly, it's the common people in the
state for whom the central government makes arrangements and
provides funds, which do not reach them," said Khurshid.
"We are fighting to provide education, justice, food to the people
of the state in this election," he added.
Taking a dig at the Chief Minister Mayawati and leaders of the
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the BJP, Khurshid said: "Neither the
chief minister nor the leaders of the BJP and the BSP are victims
of malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh."
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