Proposed amendments to Wakf Act in line with BJP's politics of polarisation: Tejashwi Yadav
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday alleged that the proposed amendments to the Wakf Act were in line with the BJP's politics of «polarisation» along religious lines. The former Bihar deputy chief minister, who is now the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, also questioned the Centre's reluctance to place in Constitution's ninth schedule the legislations, struck down by the Patna High Court, by which quotas for deprived castes had been hiked in the state.
«The Union government seems to have no interest in working for the poor. This is a reflection on the ruling BJP at the Centre, which believes in the politics ofte polarisation,» Yadav told reporters.
He was responding to queries about proposed amendments to the Wakf Act, which have met with stiff opposition from parties like Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM, and drawn flak from constituents of the INDIA bloc.
«Why is the Centre not accepting our demand to put in the ninth schedule the amendments to reservation laws in Bihar. This would have helped the deprived castes to avail of 65 per cent quotas,» Yadav said.
The reservation laws were amended in November last year when the RJD was sharing power with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who returned to the BJP-led NDA a few months later.
Yadav was also asked about controversial remarks about Lord Ram by a leader of the DMK, another INDIA bloc partner that rules Tamil Nadu.
The RJD leader, who was at a temple here, where a 'langar' (feast) had been organised for the poor by his wife Rajshri, said, «I
