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Reject Patel reservation outrightly: Sharad Yadav
New Delhi, Sep 3
Terming the Patel community's
demand for reservation in the OBC category in Gujarat as unjustified,
senior JD-U leader Sharad Yadav on Thursday said the government should
come forward and reject it outright.
"The ruling party in power
has not yet come forward to say that the demand of Patels for
reservation is unreasonable, as no political party can afford to
initiate debate on the relevance of reservation policy, leave aside
revising the policy," Yadav said in a press conference here.
"The
government in power cannot win on both sides of the coin, as it should
straight away reject the demand instead of creating an acrimonious
situation in the country," the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief added.
He termed the demand of reservation for Patels as unjustified.
"The
agitation by Patel caste is unjustified and wrong as the community has
been quite well off. They should not agitate for reservation at all,"
Yadav said.
Yadav also said that due to huge unemployment, people like Patels demand reservation.
"It
is just after a year, Patels launched a rally in the home state of
prime minister demanding reservation. This is the result of false
promises made by the ruling party. Due to huge unemployment in the
country, the people like Patels would find only such a route which is
more convenient for them that is to demand reservation," Yadav said.
Yadav also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its failure in fulfilling its poll promises.
"BJP
had made 42 big promises in their election manifesto including that of
employment to two crore youths every year, of which I think most of them
remain unattended so far," he said.
"I am of the view that every
political party should avoid making false promises as it may break and
destroy our deep roots of democracy, as people of the country have
already started losing confidence in the politicians," he added.
"As
promised by the government to create two crore jobs annually for the
youth, they should immediately find a way or else the country's youth
will go out of hand," he said.
Yadav also dubbed the Patel community leader Hardik Patel as "immature".
The
statement came in the wake of 22-year-old Hardik Patel staging a huge
rally in Ahmedabad, seeking reservations for the Patel community,
including the Patidar community, in the Other Backward Classes category.