Reservation for STs % Congress leaders insisted to increase it to 7

 

Reservation for STs % Congress leaders insisted to increase it to 7

 

Bangalore, A. 6: Congress leaders who have said that reservation should be provided to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes according to their population. 3 per cent of the reservation. They have demanded to increase it to 7.

Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, KPCC President DK Shivakumar, Working President Dhruva Narayan, KPCC Communication and Network Department President Priyank Kharge addressed a joint press conference on Thursday and demanded the state government to implement the Nagmohan Das report.

There has been a push for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in proportion to their population for many years, with 15% for SCs and 7.5% for STs in central government jobs and educational institutions for these categories. Both together have 22.5% reservation. There is a total of 18% reservation in the state including 15% for SCs and 3% for STs. According to the 2011 census, S,C 17.15% and ST people 6.95% total 24.10% of the population. But the Congress said that the reservation for them is only 18%.

 

A committee was formed under the chairmanship of Nagmohan Das in 2019 when there was a Congress-JDS coalition government. This committee submitted its report on July 2, 2020. At that time there was no coalition government. Siddaramaiah said in a press conference that even after 2 years and 3 months, this government has not accepted and implemented the report.

What is in the Nagmohan Das report? In the report submitted by Nagmohan Das, the ST reservation should be increased from 3% to 7%. SC reservation should be increased from 15% to 17%. It has been recommended that the total reservation for SCs and STs combined should be increased from 18 to 24%.

Nagmohan Das is a former judge of the High Court. He has deep knowledge about the constitution. Keeping the recommendation given by him, the government has been calculating the balance for two years. BJP is against reservation. Dalits, backward, minorities are not concerned. The bill was passed in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the same day for the general poor people. We have enacted SC, P/T, SP Act, which central government has implemented even BJP ruled states? His job is to shed crocodile tears. Siddaramaiah burst out at the press conference because I had proposed this in the House and the government is delaying to do it further.

The Congress leaders said that the chief minister has called an all-party meeting tomorrow (Aug. 7) after insistence by the Valmiki Gurpeeth Shris, and explained their strategy in the House. "Our party's stand is that the Nagmohan Das report should be implemented. We are in favor of reservation. We are committed to the stand that SC and ST reservation should be increased. This should be discussed in the House and the regulation should be passed and sent to the central government. Then the central government should see whether the constitution should be amended within 15 days or not. It should be implemented. This is the stand of our party. We will say the same in tomorrow's all-party meeting," Siddaramaiah, DK and others said in a joint press conference.

BJP counter strategy to Bharat Jodo; 7 A huge convention!

 

Bangalore, October 06; Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress is in Karnataka. The yatra will travel in Karnataka for 21 days. The ongoing Yatra under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi is currently getting a good response.

Karnataka BJP has devised a counter strategy to the Congress march. The state leaders will be on a tour to prepare for the assembly elections. 7 Conventions are also planned. The state leaders will tour 140 assembly constituencies of the state in two teams.

Speaking in Bengaluru on Thursday, Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai said, "We had planned the yatra a month before the Congress. But now we are doing the yatra because of the session and Dussehra."

Talking about Sonia Gandhi's participation in Karnataka's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Chief Minister said, "Naturally, she works for her party. Sonia Gandhi has walked half a kilometer and returned. This will not have any effect."

State tour of two teams Karnataka BJP has planned a state tour keeping in mind the assembly elections. The state tour will start from October 11. Former Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's team will tour 90 constituencies for three days a week. During this trip, there will be visits to monasteries and interaction with the beneficiaries of various government schemes. In the second team, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and BJP state in-charge Arun Singh will tour. The team will tour 50 constituencies and the party aims to complete the tour by December.

7 Big Conventions Along with the tour of assembly constituencies, BJP has planned big conventions in 7 parts of the state. SC Convention in Mysore, OBC Convention in Kalaburagi, Farmer Convention in Hubballi, ST Convention in Bellary, Youth Convention in Mangalore and Women's Convention in Bangalore. In these conventions, BJP's national leader J. P. Nadda, Amit Shah and other leaders are expected to attend. The dates of the convention will be finalized soon.