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PM calls all-party meet May 23 over job
quota
Friday May 18, 2012 09:33:52 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: With quota politics hotting up, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting May 23 to
discuss the way forward on giving reservations to the Scheduled
Castes (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in job promotions, an
issue mired in controversy, sources said Friday.
The meeting comes in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling
that quashed reservation benefits for the Scheduled Caste and
Tribes employees in government job promotions given by the
previous Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh
headed by then chief minister Mayawati.
While the BSP has now demanded a constitutional amendment to
provide quota in promotions for the SC and ST government
employees, its main political rival Samajwadi Party (SP), which
rules the state at present, wants the Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
also to be included in this promotions quota benefit.
Members of parliament from the SC and ST communities had earlier
this month met the prime minister and demanded the government
should bring an amendment to the constitution or approach the apex
court once again.
The issue assumes political significance as the presidential
election is due in July and the government does not want to annoy
either the Samajwadi Party or the BSP, whose support would be
crucial to get the Congress nominee elected to the country's
top-most post.
A cartoon of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar in an NCERT (National
Council Of Educational Research And Training) textbook triggered a
controversy May 11 and led to disruption of both house of
parliament.
Keeping in mind the touchy issue, the government later acceded to
the demand from the parliamentarians and decided to remove all
objectionable cartoons from NCERT textbooks.
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