Prabhunath seeks 10% reservation for upper castes
News Desk - February 5, 2010
PATLIPUTRA — Dissident JD(U) leader and former MP Prabhunath Singh
today demanded ten per cent reservation for the poor people belonging
to the upper castes – Brahmin, Rajput, Bhumihar and Kayasth in Bihar.
In a letter, Singh urged the chief minister, Nitish Kumar to take
guidance from late chief minister, Karpoori Thakur's policy which
sought to provide 3% reservation to economically and educationally
backward people of forward castes in the state.
The former leader of the party in Lok Sabha said if Nitish had any
difficulty in giving reservation to the forwards, he might constitute
a commission to have a first hand knowledge of their condition.
"The upper caste people are too facing penury and hence the government
is duty bound to improve their lot," Singh said in his letter which
was released to the press here.
Singh said Nitish "should not to divide the society on caste lines for
petty political gains."
Singh also suggested that he should not make any political
appointments in official posts and give due respect to party workers.
- AGENCIES
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