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'Implementing Rangnath report matter of great sensitivity' Agencies Posted online: Tuesday , Dec 22, 2009 at 1558 hrs New Delhi : Government on Tuesday indicated it is in no haste to implement the Rangnath Mishra Commission report, which recommended reservation for Muslims and other minorities besides SC status to Muslim and Christian Dalits, saying it is a matter of "great sensitivity". "This is a matter of great seriousness but also of great sensitivity. We have to consult widely and this is what we are going to do...the government will take a collective view on the issue," Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters here when asked if and when the government intends to implement the report. Asked how serious was the government on the issue, the minister said,"Government is always serious about everything but the point is that every recommendation cannot be accepted and is not accepted". "Whatever is found sensible, politically, practically and constitutionally viable and acceptable to people is accepted," he added. On the government's plan to set up an Equal Opportunity Commission, which will prescribe diversity index for industries and government sector for affirmative action, the minister said, "work on it is taking place in an accelerated pace. The Prime Minister has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) which will start working soon. After this, it will come before the Cabinet and then finally, it will be tabled before Parliament". "We want the coordination work (among various political parties) needed for passing the Bill to be completed before it is brought before the cabinet and Parliament," he said.
