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Govt mulls change in rules to help panel
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, March 21, 2011
In an attempt to put off the political crisis over Jats demanding
inclusion in other backward classes (OBC), the government has decided
to amend the rules to enable the National Commission for Backward
Classes to consider afresh their demand. The change in the rules
governing its functioning will al
low the commission to re-consider the demand of the Jats from Haryana,
said a government source after the meeting of the Crisis Management
Group.
The group reviewed the situation arising out of the continuous
agitation by Jats for job quota and the steps being taken for smooth
flow of trains and road traffic in northern India. If their demand is
not fulfilled by
March 28, the agitators have threatened to cut off the national
capital from the rest of north India in the next phase of their stir.
Government sources said the commission had once rejected their claim
for inclusion in the OBC category and had not been able to inquire
into their second petition for inclusion.
"There is no explicit provision in the law or the rules barring the
commission from reviewing its decision. The commission, however, had
followed a practice of not reviewing its decision on inclusion. Once
the rule is amended, it would enable the commission to hold this
review and any fresh material that may be put before it," said a
government source.
For an administration that is wary of taking the agitators head-on
because of the fear of antagonising the community and a backlash, the
change inrules might open a process of consultation and dialogue
between the government and the agitators.
Sources said this was the maximum that the government could do.
"Expecting anything more would be unreasonable," a government source
said, pointing that a detailed procedure and criteria had been laid
down which had to be followed to include a community as an OBC.
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