Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 23: Sunil Prajapati, president BJP OBC Morcha condemned the West Bengal Government decision of 2011 regarding grant of reservation on the basis of religion to the Minority community diluting OBC quota, which is against the spirit of Article 15(4) and 16(4) of the Constitution as well as the recommendations of Mandal Commission and the Supreme Court Judgement of 1992 regarding OBC reservation.
Talking to reporters here, today Prajapati said the Calcutta High Court in its judgment has considered the reservation granted to 118 castes of Muslims out of OBC quota as illegal and unconstitutional and accordingly ordered to cancel all OBC certificates issued during 2010 onwards. The West Bengal TMC Government had granted reservation to the minority community people unconstitutionally as the OBC reservation is meant for the socially and educationally backward classes as recommended by the Mandal Commission and not on the religion basis.
He said it was a great conspiracy to attract the Muslim vote bank under appeasement politics as well as to snatch the Constitutional rights of the OBC category people.
Sunil Prajapati expressed great concern that five lakh OBC certificates were issued illegally to the Muslims including Rohingyas and Bangladeshis who entered into India illegally and settled in the West Bengal, who otherwise were not entitled to reservation. The West Bengal Government has very cunningly attracted Muslim vote bank deceiving the real contender of the OBC reservation. It (West Bengal Government) violated all the Constitutional provisions and provided reservation to Muslims on the basis of religion to attract Muslim vote bank in a view to remain in power through unconstitutional reservation, which the country will never accept.
Others who were present in the press conference included Suresh Salgotra, vice president OBC Morch, Raj Kumar Tarkhan, general secretary OBC Morcha, Ashok Verma, secretary OBC Morcha and Jai Kishan district general secretary, OBC border district.
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