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Owaisi asks government to spell out its stand on RSS chief's statement
Hyderabad, Sep 21
Asserting that reservations
to other backward classes (OBCs) can't be discontinued at all, MIM
president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday asked the Narendra Modi government
to make its stand clear on the statement by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
He
said the true face of the government was slowly coming out as it wants
Hindu consolidation to ensure that OBC reservation and other reservation
comes down.
"We would like to know what is Modi government's
policy on the statement given by the RSS chief who is ideological guru
of all swayamsevaks including the prime minister," the Hyderabad MP said
while reacting to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief's statement.
Owaisi
said calling for a review of reservation policy was convenient way of
saying that reservation should be discontinued to OBCs. "This can't be
done at all," he said.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM)
leader challenged the Modi government to release caste census. "The
whole world will come to know what is the actual reality and then OBCs
will decide."
He also wanted to know why the government was opposing promotions to Dalits in government employment.
Bhagwat
has called for a review of the reservation policy in the country,
contending it has been used for political ends. He suggested that an
apolitical committee be set up to examine who needs the facility and for
how long.