Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has questioned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's silence. The Patna High Court quashed the state government's decision. Increasing the quota of deprived classes.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Tejushwi Yadav asked Nitish Kumar to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include reservation in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, which lists central and state laws that cannot be challenged in courts. can
“He (Nitish) has fallen at the Prime Minister's feet many times. I request him (Nitish) to do 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 saddened and earlier we suspected that BJP would try to stop reservation. We had already said during the election that BJP people are against reservation. You will know when We had caste-based polls, people there, BJP tried to stop it, but in the end we won, I don't understand why the Chief Minister is silent on this,” said Tejashwi Yadav.
Earlier in the day, the Patna High Court rejected the Bihar government's decision to increase the quota for Dalits, Backward Classes and Tribals from 50 to 65 per cent.
“I will write to him (Nitish Kumar) to suggest that he lead an all-party delegation, which will meet the Prime Minister and take steps to remedy it,” Yadav said.
“As far as legal remedies are concerned, the RJD will approach the Supreme Court against the High Court order if the state government fails to rise to the occasion,” said the RJD leader, who is deputy minister with Bihar's report. were high. In the caste survey, growth in the population of SCs, STs, OBCs and Most Backward Classes was identified.
With input from PTI