Jaipur, (CNI) BJP will neither remove reservations nor allow anyone to do so, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday and accused the Congress of spreading the misconception that the ruling The party wants to end quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward people.
“(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi himself is the biggest supporter of reservation,” Shah said at an election rally in Rajasthan’s Alwar district’s Harsoli.
He alleged that the Congress is “anti-OBC” and has put important reports on the reservation issue in cold storage.
“I want to make one thing clear. The Congress party is spreading a misconception especially among the Dalit and tribal brothers that the BJP is going to do away with reservation.
“Listen to me carefully. Whether it is reservation for dalits, tribals or backward classes, BJP supports it. We will neither abolish reservation nor allow anyone,” Alwar said. said at a rally in support of Lok Sabha candidate Bhupendra Yadav.
Shah’s claim comes in the backdrop of the Congress’s promise in its election manifesto to introduce a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 percent limit on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs. The Congress has also said that a caste census will be conducted if it comes to power.
The BJP leader alleged that the Congress had done injustice to the backward classes over the years.
He suppressed the Kaka Kalelkar report, suppressed the Mandal Commission report Modi came and worked to give constitutional recognition to the OBC Commission.
“Modi has worked to give 27 per cent reservation to the OBC community in all recruitments at the Centre,” Shah said.
The former BJP chief said that the prime minister and 27 Union ministers were from the OBC community.
He asked the public for their vote, saying that Modi had accomplished many “seemingly impossible” tasks in the 10 years of his government.
Modi ji is to be made Prime Minister for the third time. … In ten years, Modiji has done many things that seemed impossible. Modi ji has a 10-year record and a 25-year plan,” he said, targeting the Congress on the Ram temple issue. Shah said, “For 70 years, the Congress party would have delayed the construction of the Ram temple. kept turning it, kept stopping it. “On April 17, for the first time in 500 years, Ram Lalla will celebrate his birthday in the great temple on Ram Nomi. It is a matter of pride for all of us,” he said.
He said that the Congress has been holding on to Article 370 for so many years because of the vote bank.
He said that Modi ji abrogated Article 370 in one fell swoop on August 5, 2019 and hoisted the tricolor in Kashmir.
About the East Rajasthan Canal Project ERCP, he said, “ERCP is going to be completed soon, this is the guarantee of the Modi government.” Shah said that the BJP government in Rajasthan has moved towards ensuring the safety of women and ending prostitution.
Taking a jibe at the Congress, he said that Modi ji says ‘Beti bachao beti padhao’ while Congress says ‘Beta bachao make PM’. Sonia ji’s focus is on making Rahul PM and not on your sons and daughters. This Rahul Baba is a vehicle that was launched 20 times but each time the launch failed.
Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan will be held in two phases on April 19 and 26. Voting will be held in 12 seats in the first phase – Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karoli-Dholpur, Dosa and Nagor.
In the second phase, voting will be held in the 13 constituencies of Tonk, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalwar. (CNI)