“They (the government) are giving 4.5 per cent to Muslims from existing OBC quota…what’s the point in it?” BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi asked. ”Linguistic minority is understandable but what is the religion of the country and who are considered as majority? A debate is needed that who are minorities because in a secular democracy there is no meaning of religious minorities,” he said. BJP, a party, which right from the very beginning is anti-minority and has Hindutva in its agenda, had earlier strongly opposed reservations in the Parliament. Joshi said when a group of people settle in a state, having its own religion, from some other place due to political reason or persecution, then they are religious minorities but a large number of minorities in India were those who converted to other religions. He said the 4.5 per cent reservation for Muslims will benefit only the creamy layers among the community as backward among Muslims have been already covered under reservation. The BJP leader claimed the religion-based reservation is against the Constitution.
JOSHI FUMES OVER RESERVATIONS, EXPRESSES ANTI-MINORITY FEELINGS
They (the government) are giving 4.5 per cent to Muslims from existing OBC quota…what’s the point in it?” BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi asked. ”Linguistic minority is understandable but what is the religion of the country and who are considered as majority?
