Congress using Muslims as vote bank through quota, says BJP
December 24th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANSRanchi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya janata Party (BJP) Saturday alleged that the central government’s decision to give 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities was nothing but a move to use Muslims as vote bank in the upcoming elections in five states.
“Giving 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities is a poll plank of the Congress and it wants to use Muslims as vote banks in the polls in the five states,” said Raghubar Das, former deputy chief minister and a BJP legislator, to IANS.
“Reservations on religious ground are unconstitutional. This is deceiving the Muslims.”
“Why is the Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government sitting over the recommendations of the Sachar and Ranganath Mishra committee reports?” asked Das.
“The BJP is chalking out a strategy to hit the roads in Jharkhand against the central UPA government’s decision to accord reservations to minorities in name of religion,” he added.
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