Ranganath report to be implemented after talks: Khurshid
Express news service Posted online: Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 at 0834 hrs
New Delhi : The government on Tuesday dropped broad hints at the fate
awaiting the Ranganath Misra Commission report — which has suggested
15 per cent reservation for minorities besides Scheduled Caste status
for Dalit Muslims and Christians — with Minority Affairs Minister
Salman Khurshid pointing out that every recommendation could not be
accepted.
Days after tabling the report of the National Commission for Religious
and Linguistic Minorities in Parliament, Khurshid indicated that the
UPA government would weigh all options and take its own time before
arriving at a decision on whether to implement the report, which could
upset the existing quota equations.
"This is a matter of great seriousness but also of great sensitivity.
We have to consult widely and this is what we are going to do," he
said. Several Muslim and Christian outfits have begun a clamour for
implementation of the report while there is no consensus at the
political level with the BJP rubbishing the suggestions.
Khurshid said the government was serious about the report but made it
clear that it could only accept such recommendations that are
"sensible".
Meanwhile, the Minority Ministry launched the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
National Fellowship for atudents from minority communities and started
a project for computerisation of records of state wakf boards. The
fellowship, to be implemented by UGC, will help 756 students annually
to pursue MPhil and PhD degrees.
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