BSP won't support in present form, seeks quotas
Express News Service Posted online: Monday , Mar 08, 2010 at 0231 hrs
Lucknow : THE BSP on Sunday said it would not support the Women's
Reservation Bill if it was tabled in the House in its present format.
"The floor management of the BSP would be definitely there in the
House. We will take a decision after tabling of the Bill," said BSP's
national general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Satish Chandra
Mishra, clarifying that his party wanted "separate quota without
disturbing the original quota for the SC/ST".
This came even as UP Chief Minister Mayawati sent a letter to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding separate quotas for Dalit,
religious minorities, backwards and the poor from the upper castes in
the Bill. In addition, the existing reservation for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes in Parliament and Assemblies must not be
disturbed, she added.
In her letter, the BSP supremo said she was in favour of giving
reservation for women for their full participation in politics, but
the proposed 33 per cent quota within the existing reservation for the
SC/ST was wrong.
"Besides protecting the existing quota, my party demands separate
reservation for women of the SC/ST communities within the proposed 33
per cent reservation for the women," wrote Maya, who was earlier
believed to be averse to be siding with the SP which is opposing the
Bill.
Maintaining it was necessary to reserve seats for women of backward
communities, religious minorities and the poor from the upper castes,
she requested the PM to ensure the presentation of an amended Bill in
Parliament.
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