Pro-quota parties for immediate legislation

NEW DELHI: Stepping up their campaign, pro-reservation political parties on Sunday asked the government to bring the enabling legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in educational institutions in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

In a resolution adopted at a National Seminar on Social Justice for OBCs, organised by Pattali Makkal Katchi of Tamil Nadu here, the parties asked the government to bring the legislation with ‘greater alacrity and urgency’ as the first government sponsored legislation of the session.

“The legislation for implementing this policy should be brought before Parliament in the ensuing Monsoon session itself without any further discussion or debate or soliciting opinions from outsiders and without subjecting to the influence of any vested interests,” the resolution said.

Recalling that the previous governments have not implemented the recommendations of Kaka Kalekar Commission and Mandal Commission, the parties lamented that this closed the “doors of opportunities” of education and employment to OBCs and thus “banned their entry into the temples of learning and livelihood.”

Enlarging the scope of their stand on quota, the parties also raised their voice for reservation in private sector, judiciary and media and demanded immediate legislation in this regard.