PM Modi says poor, farmers, women and youth should have..: BJP leader weighs in on Bengal OBC row
BJP candidate from Chandauli Lok Sabha seat, Mahendra Nath Pandey, came out in praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while taking a swipe at the Congress' alleged poll promise of a nationwide wealth survey and redistribution, saying that the poor, farmers, women and youth should have first right on the country's resources.
Pandey's response came on the heels of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's defiant statement after the Calcutta High Court rendered all OBC certificates issued by her government since 2010 void.
Hours after the high court scrapped OBC (Other Backward Classes) certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, Mamata came out in opposition to the order saying that OBC reservation will continue and that she is prepared to move to higher courts if needed.
«Our leader, Prime Minister Modi, has said the poor, farmers, women and youth should have the first rights on the country's resources. The policies of the country must be framed accordingly and we are working towards that. They (Congress) did wrong by taking a share of the OBC quota and giving it to Muslims in Karnataka. We won't let that happen again,» Pandey told on Thursday.
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