RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Monday targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his remarks favouring reservation in the private sector, saying it was not a new idea and that the State had seen little private investment.
Mr. Prasad, however, said his party was not against the idea of reservation in the private sector.
Mr. Kumar had said earlier in the day that his government favoured reservation in the private sector “in-principle.”
“But for [introducing] that Parliament has to take the initiative in accordance with provisions of the Constitution,” he had said.
Reacting to Mr. Kumar’s remarks, Mr. Prasad said this was not a new demand. Mayawati had raised similar demands and so had Ram Vilas Paswan.