Lok Sabha passes quota Bill for economically weak in general category
Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi were present in the House when the Bill was passed. The government will table the Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
9:46 PM
Questioning the urgency of the quota Bill, Supriya Sule (NCP) said if the government had been sincere, this Bill would not have come on the last day of the last session. She also said that one of the Cabinet Minister's expressed apprehension that the law may not get approval from the Supreme Court. She was referring to a remark made by Ramvilas Paswan who said the government should ensure that it should not get into a legal tangle.
9:44 PM
Jitendra Choudhury (CPM) said that the government wants to provide 10 per cent reservation to general category but where are the jobs. To make this Bill more comprehensive, the Bill should be referred to the Joint Parliament Committee or Standing Committee, he added.
9:44 PM
Stating that the quota Bill was moved as a "special agenda", B Mahtab (BJD) said that the House was bereft of moving any amendment to the Bill.
9:44 PM
Anandra Adsul (Shiv Sena) also rendered his support to the quota Bill and said it was better late than never.
9:43 PM
Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC) said that the quota Bill was not about jobs but about misleading the youth. The Bill, he said, was about promising and not delivering and was a fake dream that will never become a reality. TMC, he said, is unhesitantly extending support to the Bill.
9:42 PM
Participating in the debate, M Thambidurai (AIADMK) said reservation is not on economic backwardness but on social backwardness. He pointed out that government has many schemes for upliftment of economically poor sections of the society and did that mean that these schemes have failed.
9:42 PM
Citing P V Narasimha Rao's government effort to bring in 10 per cent reservation on the basis of economic criteria, K V Thomas (Cong) said it was struck down by the Supreme Court. This legislation has been made in haste and has so many lacunas, he said, adding, it should be sent to Joint Parliamentary Committee for examination.
"It was only yesterdsay that Union Cabinet approved the Constitution Amendment for 10 per cent quota for poor under general category on economic basis and was introduced in Parliament today. It raises question on the sincerity of the government," he said.
It seems to be political 'jumla' to win election as Newspapers have written today, he added.
9:41 PM
Reservation Bill may not stand judicial scrutiny as it has lacunas: Opposition
Describing the reservation Bill as political gimmick, Opposition parties led by the Congress expressed apprehension that the law empowering 10 per cent reservation to the upper caste may not stand judicial scrutiny.
9:32 PM
Hitting out at PM Modi for announcing reservation for economically weaker sections belonging to upper castes ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah said, "Politics is a strange thing and politicians are masters in using the people. They think people are naive and gullible."
9:32 PM
Abdullah questioned the timing of the Bill, saying: "I have problem with the timing. As far as the Bill is concerned, it will be decided by Parliament or court. My question is about the timing. How come this reservation become suddenly necessary."
9:31 PM
"You (BJP) have majority in Parliament for past four and half years, but you did not find it (Bill) necessary. But on the last day of the last session of the current Lok Sabha, you (BJP government) bring this Bill and create a new category. It is straight way politics being done and people are being fooled," Abdullah told reporters.
9:31 PM
The National Conference (NC) vice-president also trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government introducing the reservation Bill in Parliament on the last day of the Winter Session, saying "had PM been sincere, he would not have waited for nearly four and a half years".
9:31 PM
Omar hits out at PM on quota Bill, says it's 'politically motivated'
Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed as "politically motivated" a Bill introduced by the Centre in Lok Sabha that seeks to amend Constitution to provide 10 per cent reservation quota to economically weaker sections from the general category. (Read more here)
9:26 PM
8:49 PM
Cong questions timing of Modi govt's move on quota for poor
Raising questions about the timing on the Centre's move to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for "economically weaker" sections, Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal on Tuesday termed it as a "lollipop" to the people of the country. (Read more here)
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First Published: Jan 08 2019 | 11:29 AM IST