Backward Classes (BC) leader Kolanukonda Shivaji submitted a
memorandum to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar urging her to take necessary steps
to provide reservations to OBCs in promotions in State and Central government
jobs. He also wanted her to ensure that a ministry was created for BCs at the
Centre.
Ms. Meira Kumar was in the city to unveil the statue of former
Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on Thursday. On the occasion, Mr.
Shivaji apprised her of the plight of BCs and necessity for reservations to
them.
The Parliament should take necessary steps to lift the cap on
reservations (50 per cent). The creamy layer provision was being implemented
only for the OBCs. Hence, the government should annul it for the benefit of
lakhs of OBCs. The Parliament should make a Law providing 33 per cent
reservations to OBCs in legislatures, he added.
He said OBC Sub Plan should be provided in the central government
budget. On par with Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, social security
should be provided to the OBCs also
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