Include Jats demand
About 60 Janata Dal members of Parliament including 15 ministers have signed a memorandum to be submitted to the prime minister V P Singh, demanding inclusion of Jats and 7 other castes in the list of socially and educationally backward communities.
The signature campaign has been spearheaded by the MPs owing allegiance to the industry minister, Ajit Singh. The union ministers included Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, George Fernandes, Ajit Singh, Ajay Singh, Rasheed Masood and Jagdeep Dhanker.
The 2 page memorandum welcomes the central govt’s decision to reserve 27 per cent of jobs in central govt and public undertakings following the Mandal commission recommendations. They said it was a step Charan Singh.
NEW DELHI: A convention of over 360 pro reservation sarpanches of Delhi and neighbouring states demanded reservation for backward classes in educational institutions and full implementation of the Mandal Commission report.
The convention urged the President, Mr R. Venkataraman, to appoint 2 or 3 judges belonging to the backward classes to the Supreme Court and they should be on the constitution bench which would hear arguments from Oct.25 on the validity of the govt order of Aug. 13 reserving 27% jobs for the backward classes in the Union govt and public sector units.
Addressing the convention, Mr Ram Advesh Singh, MP, said the backward classes should get their due representation in Parliament and state legislative assemblies.
Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “Ram rath yatra” from Somnath to Ayodhya, Mr Advesh said the backward classes would launch “‘raj rath yatra” on Oct 12 in Delhi and it would reach Shimla, Jaipur and Bhopal on Oct 30.
Accusing the BJP for fanning communalism, he said the backward classes which constituted
85% of the population wanted their due share of political power.
“If need arise reservation could be made to forward classes which constitutes 15% of the total population”, he said.
He said Polarisation was now going on in all political parties and in future there would’ be only 2 parties 1 representing the backward classes and other belonging to high class which ruled the country since 3000 years.
Mr Braham Prakash said the backward classes should be given adequate representation not only in govt jobs but also at political level.
The convention urged the Prime Minister, Mr V.P.Singh, to take stern measures against the anti-reservation protesters who were bent upon spreading violence and damaging public property.
The former Union Minister, Mr Chandrajit Yadav, said the student movement against the implementation of the Mandal Commission report had been taken over by antisocial elements.
The president of the All India Muslim Backward Classes Federation, Mr Kasim Ali Abid, urged the agitating students to eschew violence and maintain peach while pursuing their cause.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 12, 1990
