BJP opposes reservation for backward Muslims, Christians in TN

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday came out against Tamil Nadu government's decision to provide reservation to backward class Muslims and Christians in educational institutions and government jobs.
    
"We oppose any reservation on the basis of religion," party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here reacting to the passage of the reservation Bill in Tamil Nadu Assembly.
    
"We definitely support reservation for backwards, reservation for educationally, socially and economically backward. But that has to be secular reservation without the mention of religion," he added.
    
The Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly sought to provide three-and-a-half per cent reservation each to Muslims and Christians within the 30 per cent reservation provided for backward classes as per a law enacted in 1994.