Narendra Modi led BJP Government has extended SC/ST Caste Based Quota in Loksabha and State Assemblies for another 10 years.
The government on Wednesday approved a proposal to extend reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another 10 years.
Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the reservation for these categories in the Lok Sabha and assemblies was to expire on January 25, 2020. The government will bring a Bill to extend the reservation till January 25, 2030 in the ongoing winter session, he added.
The decision shows BJP government's willingness and resolve to continue with the caste based discriminatory system of providing easier wins for people of certain castes after ignoring merit. One can easily ask how such laws do not violate equality provision of our constitution. But as we have seen all political parties support caste based quota system in India and BJP is no different.
At the same time Government has abolished the provision of 2 Loksabha seats where people are nominated from Anglo-Indian community by the government. This was an outdated system perhaps created to please the Britishers and the so called Anglo-Indian community (comprising of mostly children and future offspring born out of wedding of a British colonial national with an Indian woman). It is good that Modi government has abolished it. Also, the fact that BJP government abolished it while being in power; shows it is taking selfless decisions in the interest of the nation and is not thinking about its own electoral gains.
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