Is this a slow replacement of the SC/ST reservation system or is it in addition to the SC/ST system to be perpetuated alongside? Anybody knows? Also how does one define a "class" of EB people? Is it same as economically backward area? Dilip Deka Reservation for EBCs politically motivated: OppositionPress Trust of India New Delhi, October 4 Describing the Union Cabinet decision to provide reservation for economically backward classes (EBCs) as "politically motivated", Opposition parties on Saturday favoured wider consultations on the issue with the Congress indicating its support to the move.
"Our feeling is that this decision has been delayed.... This decision was motivated by election expediency. The Prime Minister during his visit to Rajasthan a few months ago had promised to bring a Constitution Amendment Bill in Monsoon session itself in this regard. Had this proposal been introduced then, Congress was ready to support it," Party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy said. Terming the move as an "unfiltered electoral gimmick", CPI(M) said its timing exposed the "insincerity and opportunism" of the Government. "This issue has been under discussion since the Mandal Commission days ....The Vajpayee Government refused to act all these years," the party Polit Bureau said, adding, however, the decision merited consideration. Asking the Government to initiate a national consultation process on the matter, it said, "With growing unemployment and privatisation, reservations have little meaning left." Welcoming the Cabinet decision, BJP spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the decision was "historic" and "true to the spirit of social justice and empowerment." It had been the party's long-pending demand for giving reservation to people belonging to the economically backward classes, he added. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
