PM Modi must clear his stance on whether he will remove 50 pc cap on reservation for SC, ST, OBC: Congress
Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing the ruling party of harping on '400 paar' in the Lok Sabha polls so that they could change the Constitution and end reservations and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he will support an amendment to the Constitution for the purpose.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here today, party general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the party had some questions for Prime Minister Narendra Modi — specifically, his views on removing the 50 per cent cap on SC, ST and OBC quota.
He alleged that the BJP is «talking about '400 paar'» to change the Constitution as the «BJP and the RSS are against secularism and social justice.»
«The Prime Minister should clarify his stand instead of constant diversion, distortion and defamation of the Congress party. Notwithstanding the denials by the Prime Minister, the BJP wanted to change the constitution as its ideological ancestors had opposed it, right since November 1949, when the Draft of the Constitution was adopted,» the Congress leader said.
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