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Now, SC/ST Confederation to go on fast for quota in pvt sector
Press Trust of India / New Delhi December 12, 2009, 16:26 IST
After Telangana and Gorkha activists resorted to hunger strike to
press for their demands for separate states, the All India
Confederation of SC/ST Organisations today said its leaders will go on
a fast-unto-death from December 15 seeking quota in private sector.
"Inequality" and "marginalisation" of backward classes were the main
factors behind demands for separate states like Poorvachal,
Bundelkhand and Telangana, Confederation Chairman Udit Raj told
reporters here.
"There are many competent SC/ST candidates in the market. But seldom
do they get jobs in the private sector, especially in good positions.
So reservation in this sector is needed to address this imbalance," he
said.
To press for their demand, Raj said, he and other members of the
Confederation from different states have decided to go on a 'fast unto
death' protest here from December 15.
The demands of the Confederation include reservation in the private
sector and enactment of the Reservation Act, abolition of contract
labour system in government services, caste certificates issued by one
state to be held valid in all the states and reservation in higher
judiciary and Army.
Raj also said, "After Telangana there has been a spate of demands from
different regions for separate states. The TRS has been making
attempts for a separate state from 2001. But the issue came to notice
only when marginalised Dalits and Adivasis of the areas extended their
support."
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