The members of Samajik Nyay Andolan met the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for discussing the measures through which the slow pace of state government in handling the legal hurdles relating to the quota for Economically Backward Classes (EBC). The meeting was held in New Delhi and a demand for amendment in the constitution was made. The quota stirs in the country were the reason for which this organization was seeking a policy based solution. Presently, the reservation in the country is only on the basis of castes and minorities, therefore, a 14% Economically Backward Classes quota, was passed by the Rajasthan State Assembly, 2015. But since that time, there were legal difficulties in the implication as there is no provision in the Constitution to allow reservation in jobs or educational institutions on the basis of economic status.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, MP, Jodhpur, has discussed the issue of reservation for the economically backward part of society in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and urged all the members of all parties for a consensus on the amendment in the Constitution to allow a quota for EBC.
Surendra Singh Shekhawat of the Samajik Nyay Andolan said, “Union home minister Rajnath Singh later assured us to hold serious discussions on the issue once the parliament session was over. He reiterated BJP’s commitment to the declaration on the issue made in the election manifesto”.
Other than Shekhawat, Yashvardhan Singh (Jhunjhunu), Rajendra Singh Bhinyad (Barmer), Bhanwar Purohit (Bikaner) and Arvind Khotiya (Sikar) were also in the delegation which met Singh. Before this, the delegation had also met Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thawar Chand Gehlot to discuss on the same subject.
