PUSHKAR (RAJASTHAN): With an eye on elections, Lok Janshakti Party, a ruling UPA constituent, on Sunday favoured giving citizenship to Bangladeshis staying in the country and advocated reservation for the economically weak and minorities in government and private sectors.
"Those Bangladeshis who are already staying in India should be provided citizenship. Further infiltration should be checked. There should be strict vigil on the border," a resolution passed by the party headed by Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said here.
The party supported reservation for the "socially and economically" backward groups. "The party feels that in view of their social and economic conditions, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people should get reservation in private sector. Every community or group should have equal representation in all sectors," the resolution said.
The party is also in favour of giving 10 per cent reservation in central government jobs for the economically weaker sections among the upper castes. Besides, employment should be a fundamental right of every citizen in the country, the party resolution said.
Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims should be considered as Dalits and provided quota benefits to help them join the main stream, it said.
The party also criticised the ban on SIMI and demanded setting up of an independent inquiry commission with social scientists and human rights activists as its member to study the role of various organisations in spreading terror and communal tension.
Source : Times of India
Monday, September 1, 2008
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