JAIPUR: Several Congress workers gathered at the Collectorate Circle to protest the ‘anti-reservation stance’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre on Sunday. After the protest, Congress party also gave a memorandum to the governor Kalraj Mishra. The memorandum is addressed to the President of India.
Addressing the workers, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said, “As soon as the Supreme Court observation on reservation came out, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and leader Rahul Gandhi asked everyone to oppose it.”
“If given a chance, the BJP-led government may announce scrapping of reservation the way they introduced demonetisation,” Gehlot said.
He alleged that BJP has been terming the protesters as ‘Pakistanis’. “It is evident that imposing CAA and NRC is a move to disturb peace and harmony in the country. BJP, while forming the government for the second time got 39 per cent of votes, still it appears their government at the Centre is on a spree to destroy the peace and harmony of the country through their disastrous agenda,” he added.
He added that reservation has been given to SCs, STs, OBCs and other classes by the Indian Constitution and Congress party will not let BJP-led government at the Centre to scrap it.
Speaking at the occasion, deputy chief minister and PCC chief Sachin Pilot said, “Reservation is a tool given in the Constitution for the upliftment of marginalised sections of the society. We will continue our fight and we will stand for our marginalised brothers and sisters.” He accused the central government of adopting an anti-reservation stance and said, “The central government is deliberately weakening the cases of reservation in the courts.”
“Our dharna is meant to alert the BJP government at the Centre as no ideology or power can abolish the basic rights of the citizens of the country. Babasaheb Ambedkar had made a provision for reservation so that the standard of living could be improved by connecting the Dalits and backward with the main stream,” he added.
AICC, general secretary and state in-charge Avinash Pande said that the Congress is always ready to fight for the interests of the common man, whether it is the issue of reservation or inflation, to provide justice to the unemployed people.
Addressing the workers, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said, “As soon as the Supreme Court observation on reservation came out, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and leader Rahul Gandhi asked everyone to oppose it.”
“If given a chance, the BJP-led government may announce scrapping of reservation the way they introduced demonetisation,” Gehlot said.
He alleged that BJP has been terming the protesters as ‘Pakistanis’. “It is evident that imposing CAA and NRC is a move to disturb peace and harmony in the country. BJP, while forming the government for the second time got 39 per cent of votes, still it appears their government at the Centre is on a spree to destroy the peace and harmony of the country through their disastrous agenda,” he added.
He added that reservation has been given to SCs, STs, OBCs and other classes by the Indian Constitution and Congress party will not let BJP-led government at the Centre to scrap it.
Speaking at the occasion, deputy chief minister and PCC chief Sachin Pilot said, “Reservation is a tool given in the Constitution for the upliftment of marginalised sections of the society. We will continue our fight and we will stand for our marginalised brothers and sisters.” He accused the central government of adopting an anti-reservation stance and said, “The central government is deliberately weakening the cases of reservation in the courts.”
“Our dharna is meant to alert the BJP government at the Centre as no ideology or power can abolish the basic rights of the citizens of the country. Babasaheb Ambedkar had made a provision for reservation so that the standard of living could be improved by connecting the Dalits and backward with the main stream,” he added.
AICC, general secretary and state in-charge Avinash Pande said that the Congress is always ready to fight for the interests of the common man, whether it is the issue of reservation or inflation, to provide justice to the unemployed people.
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