SP members rushed into the Well of the House and shouted anti-government slogans, forcing Deputy Chairman P J Kurien to adjourn the proceedings for 10 minutes.
Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot said Prime Minister Narenda Modi has repeatedly said that the constitutional position of reservation of SCs, STs and OBCs will continue.
"Since the time of Jan Sangh, we have been a supporter of reservation to these communities and will continue to be a supporter," he said.
Earlier when the House assembled, Ramgopal Yadav (SP) said the National Commission for Backward Classes, created in response to a Supreme Court ruling in 1992, has been disbanded instead of giving it the promised constitutional status.
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This Commission is to be replaced by a National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (NSEBC) and part of a larger "conspiracy" to do away with reservation to dalits, Yadav alleged.
Without naming the RSS, he alleged that the move was guided by the philosophy of the ruling party's "fountain head" that reservation should end. "Backward classes feel cheated."
He alleged that backward communities like Yadavs, Kurmis, Lodhas and Kushwaha, who have made some social progress, were being removed from the OBC list.
His assertion found support in rival BSP, as well as the Congress whose members too vehmently opposed move to disband the OBC Commission.
Rejecting the Minister's statement, Yadav said the OBC Commission has been disbanded and it is a conspiracy to end reservation.
and so there was no reason for the protests. "Your concern is very genuinue. I agree. (But) Minister has very categorically replied," he said.
As the protests continued, he said, "the minister said in Hindi. May be you don't understand (that). You haven't understood what Minister said."
Gehlot repeated again that the Prime Minister has said several times that the government has been a supporter of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs and will continue to remain.
"A decision to provide constitutional status to the OBC commission has been taken," he said.