New Delhi: Terming it as a "backdoor
provision" to appease the minorities, the VHP today slammed
the government's proposal to grant quota to minorities in
Lokpal.
"Constitution does not allow religion-based reservations.
To woo Muslims and capture their vote bank through such an
anti-constitutional move is strongly opposed by VHP," the
organisation's international working president Pravin Togadia
said.
He said such reservation through "backdoor provision" in
the Lokpal Bill is the "dirtiest conspiracy" to set precedence
to amend the Constitution for religion-based reservations.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 23:31