Uttarakhand Assembly today passed a resolution demanding reservation for the economically weak among forward castes.
Moving a resolution to this effect in the state Assembly, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said there are many forward caste families which deserve to be brought under the ambit of reservations because of their economic conditions.
The resolution asking the Centre to give the benefit of reservations to the economically weak among the forward castes was passed unanimously by the House in the absence of main opposition BJP.
Later talking to reporters outside the Assembly, Rawat said the Centre will be requested to give at least 10 per cent reservation to economically weak people from the state in Central government jobs.
