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Congress
flip-flop on quota, now backs Khurshid's promise
Saturday January 14, 2012 08:53:14 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A day after
seeking to distance itself from Law Minister Salman Khurshid's
promise to provide nine percent reservation to backward Muslims in
Uttar Pradesh if the party comes to power, the Congress Saturday
supported the move.
Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said the Congress manifesto for the
2009 Lok Sabha elections had promised to provide reservation to
minorities on the lines it had done in Andhra Pradesh.
He said the party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh elections would
contain the promise of increasing sub-quota for minorities in the
existing quota for other backward classes (OBCs) from 4.5 percent
already announced by the central government.
"The manifesto for Uttar Pradesh elections is being prepared. We
are discussing to increase the percentage and that will be in our
manifesto for the elections," he said.
He said Khurshid called him Saturday morning and said that the
percentage of reservation to be provided to backward Muslims in
the OBC quota was being worked out for inclusion in the party's
manifesto.
Alvi had Friday distanced the party from Khurshid's sub-quota
promise, which has earned the minister a notice from the Election
Commission.
"If a person makes a statement in his individual capacity, the
question should be put to him," Alvi had said in response to
questions on Khurshid's promise.
On the poll panel decision to defer the reservation decision of
central government on hold in the five poll bound states, Alvi
said that any party which goes to polls will find itself in a
difficult position if it does not talk about its manifesto.
The central government had last month decided to provide 4.5
percent quota for minorities in the OBC category.
Asked if it was proper for the law minister to announce a figure
before the party's manifesto had been released, Alvi said the
figure had to be calculated.
"I can't say how much it would be. But Salman Khurshid is also
chairman of the manifesto committee for the state," he said.
Asked why he distanced the party from Khurshid's remarks Friday,
Alvi said: "We do not say anything different from what we decide
in our manifesto".
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