BJP not in favour of reconsideration of reservation policy

He even called RSS as BJPs Supreme Court and maintained that the BJP is not liable to take action against the wishes of the RSS.

The former Gujarat Chief Minister also slammed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his statement on the current reservation policy and sought to link his comment with the ongoing agitation by the Patels for OBC tag.

There is an absolute need to review quotas and even Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has attempted to tweak reservation by creating greater opportunities for more backward among the Dalits and the backwards by offering targeted quotas for “Mahadalits and Extremely Backward Classes”.

“Any amendment in Constitution can be done in Parliament”.

In fact, it was an interview by the Sarasanghachalak of RSS Dr Mohan Bhagwat to Organiser and Panchjanya on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya; on the occasion of his Birth Centenary Year, of about Panditji as a committed Swayamsevak and Pracharak, and relevance of his thinking propounded in the form of Integral Humanism.

In an editorial in Sena’s mouthpiece “Saamna”, the NDA ally welcomed Bhagwat’s pitch for reviewing caste-based reservation and took a dig at the BJP by saying that Bihar polls prompted its ally at the Centre and Maharashtra to distance itself from its mentor RSS’ position.

Hitting out at BJP and RSS, Kumar, a senior JD (U) leader, accused them of being against reservations and said the RSS was seeking to install an “extra-constitutional” body to review reservations. It is a very unsafe view. “It can not be accepted”, he said.

“Political parties who call themselves as saviors of the victimized class have vehemently opposed Bhagwat’s comments”.

Apprehending the reverse, Mahua MLA Ravindra Rai has joined HAM (S) and is nominated by that party while at Raghopur, Satish Kumar, who had defeated Rabri Devi in 2010, has joined BJP which has fielded him from the seat. The distribution of party tickets revealed that Lalu-led RJD is still heavily depending on its core voters of Yadavs and Muslims, better known as the MY combination in political parlance of Bihar, whereas JD(U) is banking on Kurmi and Koeri caste voters of the OBC section.

“The BJP is a synonym of development and is dedicated to develop the country, whereas the leader of the grand alliance Lalu Prasad is a symbol of caste politics”, he added.

“Objective primarily is what BR Ambedkar had envisaged when he launched the reservation system”.

“BJP has distanced from Bhagwat’s views for political reasons”. Indeed, in order to ensure that a relook at the entire gamut of reservations policy was fair and non-partisan, Bhagwat suggested that the task be performed by widely-respected academicians/experts who are unconnected with politics.