Mr Kharge mentioned the Congress will do the whole lot attainable for the safety of SCs and STs.
New Delhi:
Asserting that the concept of denying reservation to SCs and STs on account of the creamy layer idea is “condemnable”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday mentioned the federal government ought to have introduced laws in Parliament to nullify the a part of the current Supreme Courtroom judgment that talks concerning the problem.
Mr Kharge mentioned that whereas different facets of the Supreme Courtroom judgment had been being deliberated upon by the get together, the creamy layer idea that has been advocated needs to be nullified.
Earlier this month, a seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Courtroom led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud dominated in a 6:1 majority judgment that state governments had been permitted to sub-classify communities throughout the SC listing based mostly on empirical knowledge.
Supreme Courtroom choose Justice B R Gavai had mentioned that states should evolve a coverage for figuring out the creamy layer even among the many Scheduled Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) and deny them the good thing about reservation.
“Who do you wish to profit by bringing a creamy layer? By bringing a creamy layer (idea) on one hand you’re denying untouchables and giving to those that have loved privileges for 1000’s of years. I condemn this,” Mr Kharge instructed reporters right here.
This problem of creamy layer that has been raised by the seven judges exhibits that they haven’t considered SCs and STs in a severe method, he mentioned.
“Until the time untouchability exists, reservation needs to be there and might be there. We’ll battle for it,” Mr Kharge mentioned.
The Congress president accused the BJP of looking for to finish reservation.
The federal government has privatised the general public sector jobs and there are a number of vacancies, however they aren’t recruiting, Mr Kharge mentioned.
“SCs and STs will not be in a position to get jobs. No SCs are on the high-level positions. They’re making an attempt to suppress the SCs and STs by classifying them in a creamy layer,” he mentioned.
“I discovered the courtroom’s choice shocking. Those that are dealing with untouchability in actual life and people individuals belonging to SCs and STs even on excessive posts are dealing with discrimination. If they’ve cash even then they face discrimination,” Mr Kharge mentioned.
“I wish to attraction that each one individuals ought to unite and make sure that this judgment doesn’t get recognition and this matter shouldn’t be raised once more,” he added.
The Congress is discussing different issues associated to sub-categorisation and can determine on additional steps after dialogue with intellectuals and leaders of varied states, he mentioned.
“We’ll do the whole lot attainable for the safety of SCs and STs,” Mr Kharge mentioned.
“I learn that the PM mentioned we is not going to contact this. To make sure that creamy layer (idea) is not going to be applied, they need to have introduced (a laws) in Parliament and nullified the Supreme Courtroom judgment,” he mentioned.
This authorities prepares payments in a couple of hours and now it has been about 15 days because the judgment, he mentioned.
Mr Kharge’s remarks come a day after the Union Cupboard asserted that there was no provision for a creamy layer within the reservation for SCs and STs within the Structure given by B R Ambedkar.
The Union Cupboard, at a gathering chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, held an in depth dialogue on the Supreme Courtroom judgment on the sub-categorisation of reservation for SCs and STs as granted within the Structure.
“It’s the properly thought view of the Union Cupboard that the NDA authorities is firmly dedicated to the provisions within the Structure given by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar,” Info and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw instructed reporters right here.
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