MP OBC Reservation: There was a huge uproar in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday over OBC reservation. After which the assembly had to be adjourned. Congress MLAs wearing black apron protested in the assembly demanding 27 per cent reservation for OBCs. State Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan then targeted the Congress and accused it of showing hypocrisy.
Shivraj Chauhan said- They want to break the society by confusing them. They have betrayed the OBCs and stabbed them in the back. What were they doing for 27 per cent reservation from March 10 to March 19, 2019 (when the Madhya Pradesh government filed a petition before the court, which was stayed.)? The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh further said – What he did at this time was to ensure that no one deviated from the court. He closed his eyes and looked at the other side as he himself wanted an adjournment order.
Congress is pretending. They are trying to mislead and break the society. They betrayed OBCs and stabbed them in the back… What did they do for 27% reservation between 10-19 March 2019 (when the then MP government filed a petition before the court which was later stayed) ?: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan pic.twitter.com/PcdnBLRzyE
— ANI (@ANI) 10 August 2021
Government will consider removing the limit of 50% reservation
Meanwhile, the Congress on Tuesday supported the OBC Amendment Bill and said that the central government should consider removing the 50 per cent reservation limit so that the Maratha community in Maharashtra and people from several other states can benefit from it. Initiating the discussion on the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021, the leader of the party in the House, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, also alleged that the Bill was brought due to the fault of the Central Government and was brought keeping it in mind. Elections in Uttar Pradesh and some other states.
He raised the issue of Pegasus espionage and said there would have been no deadlock if the government had agreed to discuss it, though Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said he should speak on the subject. “We are participating in the discussion on this bill because it is a Constitution Amendment Bill which needs two-thirds support in the majority. We are a responsible party, so we are not running away from it,” Chowdhury said.
The Congress leader referred to the work done for OBCs, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the past during the rule of his government. He said that you (Minister) have every right to speak about the works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But we want to ask why this constitutional amendment came. Chaudhary said that the 102nd Constitution Amendment Bill was introduced in the year 2018. But with the constitutional status given to the Backward Classes Commission, the right to decide the OBC list of the states was taken away. We raised this issue at that time, you can see the record.
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