BSP supremo Mayawati.
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BSP supremo Mayawati has raised questions on the Supreme Court’s decision on reservation. She said whether the lives of Dalits and tribals have become free from hatred and discrimination. In such a situation, how fair is the division of reservation? She also targeted BJP and Congress and said that the attitude of both the parties regarding SC-ST and OBC has been liberal and not reformist.
He said on the social site X that political oppression is nothing compared to social oppression. Has the life of the country’s millions, especially the Dalits and Adivasis, become free from hatred and discrimination and have self-respect and self-esteem? If not, then how fair is the distribution of reservation among these classes that have been divided and defeated on the basis of caste?
The attitude of both the Congress and BJP parties and governments towards the SC, ST and OBC Bahujans of the country has been liberal and not reformist. They are not in favour of their social transformation and economic liberation. Otherwise, the reservation of these people would have been protected by including it in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
1. Political oppression is nothing compared to social oppression. Has the life of millions of Dalits and Adivasis, especially, become free from hatred and discrimination and have self-respect and self-esteem? If not, then how fair is the distribution of reservation among these classes which have been divided and defeated on the basis of caste?
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 2, 2024
2. The attitude of both the Congress and BJP parties/governments towards the SC, ST and OBC Bahujans of the country has been liberal and not reformist. They are not in favour of their social transformation and economic liberation, otherwise their reservation would have been protected by including it in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 2, 2024
Let us tell you that in its decision given on Thursday regarding reservation, the Supreme Court has declared the quota within SC-ST quota as legal and has talked about excluding the creamy layer from reservation.