Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath criticized the opposition saying that religion-based reservation is unconstitutional and also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is against any kind of Muslim reservation, ANI reported.
He said Babasaheb Ambedkar is strongly opposed to religion-based reservations and added that the Congress and the INDIA bloc are competing to provide Muslim reservations. He thanked the Calcutta High Court for scrapping all OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010.
“In West Bengal, TMC has committed a complete theft of OBC reservation rights for the last 14 years by including 118 Muslim castes in the OBC category in 2010. We would like to thank the Calcutta High Court which has come down heavily on this kind of unconstitutional act by TMC,” he said.
“Similarly, in Bihar, Lalu ji has already said that Muslims should get reservation, from where will they get this reservation? They want to give it to Muslims by taking away the reservation of OBC, SC, ST,” added CM Yogi.
He further said that the BJP is against any kind of Muslim reservation to protect the reservation of SC, ST and OBC.
“BJP opposes any kind of Muslim reservation to protect reservation of SC, ST and OBC and secondly Muslim reservation is also unconstitutional and if there is an attempt to impose this kind of evil practice then the integrity of the country will be affected.” CM Yogi said.
As reported by the media agency, the Calcutta High Court issued a notification on May 22 to prepare a new list of OBCs in accordance with the 1993 law. People whose names were included before 2010 will retain their status, while Nominations made after 2010 will be void.
According to data, around five lakh OBC certificates are said to be invalidated as a result of this decision. However, people who have got jobs under the OBC quota or are in the process of getting them will not be affected as they cannot be excluded from the quota.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she will not accept the Calcutta High Court judgment and OBC reservation will always continue. This statement came just hours after the Calcutta High Court canceled OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010.
(With contributions from ANI)