Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has questioned the "silence" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the Patna High Court scrapped the state government's decision to raise quotas for deprived classes.
I urge him (Nitish) to do it one more time to make reservation a part of the Ninth Schedule," Yadav said.
I don't understand why the Chief Minister is silent on this," Tejashwi Yadav said.
Earlier in the day, the Patna High Court struck down the Bihar government's decision to raise quotas for Dalits, backward classes and tribals from 50 to 65 per cent.
"I will be writing to him (Nitish Kumar) to suggest that he lead an all-party delegation, which would meet the PM and seek remedial measures,” said Yadav.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has questioned the "silence" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the Patna High Court scrapped the state government's decision to raise quotas for deprived classes.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Tejwashwi Yadav asked Nitish Kumar to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put reservation in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, which contains a list of central and state laws that cannot be challenged in courts.
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"He (Nitish) has fallen at the Prime Minister's feet several times. I urge him (Nitish) to do it one more time to make reservation a part of the Ninth Schedule," Yadav said.
The former Deputy Chief Minister also accused the BJP of being "anti-reservation".
"We are hurt and we were suspecting this earlier that the BJP will try to stop the reservation. We already said this during elections that BJP people are against the reservation. You must be aware that when we conducted the caste-based survey, people of BJP filed PIL to try to stop it, but we won at the end. I don't understand why the Chief Minister is silent on this," Tejashwi Yadav said.
Earlier in the day, the Patna High Court struck down the Bihar government's decision to raise quotas for Dalits, backward classes and tribals from 50 to 65 per cent.
"I will be writing to him (Nitish Kumar) to suggest that he lead an all-party delegation, which would meet the PM and seek remedial measures,” said Yadav.
"As far as legal remedy is concerned, the RJD will move the Supreme Court against the high court order if the state government fails to rise to the occasion," said the RJD leader, who was the deputy CM when Bihar came out with the report of the caste survey, which pointed out a rise in population of SCs, STs, OBCs and extremely backward classes.
With inputs from PTI
Published By: Rishabh Sharma Published On: Jun 20, 2024
