Rajya Sabha today witness uproar as several opposition members made a vociferous demand for tabling of the report of Ranganath Committee which went into the issue of reservation for minorities.
JD(U) and Left members stormed the well during Zero Hour demanding that the Chair direct the government to make public the report which, they said, was freely available under the RTI Act.
The agitated members included Ali Anwar Ansari (JD-U), Shabir Ali (LJP), P Madhu (CPI-M) and Syed Azeez Pasha (CPI).
However, Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan said he cannot direct the government in this regard and hoped the government would have taken note of the feelings of the members.
Khan said the government was not duty-bound to lay the report of a panel which is not set up under the Commissions of Inquiry Act.
As the uproar continued, the Chair adjourned the House for 15 minutes.
The Ranganath Committee is understood to have recommended reservation for minorities in employment, higher education and economic and developmental schemes funded by the government.
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