New Delhi: BJP on Thursday said it will not allow
the government to implement the Ranganath Misra Commission
recommendations, which have sought to extend reservation to
Muslims and other minorities and SC status to Dalit converts.
"....several parties are demanding its (Ranganath Misra
Committee recommendations) implementation. We will fight both
inside and outside Parliament. We will not allow its
implementation," Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma
Swaraj said.
She was addressing her party workers and supporters of
Anusuchit Jaati Arakshan Bachao Manch which was demonstrating
against the commission`s recommendations here.
Several BJP leaders, including Leader of Opposition in
Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and senior BJP leader Bangaroo Laxman
also attended the demonstration.
"The implementation of the Commission`s recommendations
will be a great injustice to those who kept on tolerating the
curses (of being Dalit) but did not leave their society,"
Swaraj said.
She claimed that it has been long since a "conspiracy" to
provide reservation to "converts" has been going on. "But,
your unity and opposition from BJP will never let this
happen," she said.
Jaitley described the Commission`s recommendations as
"illegal, unconstitutional and a conspiracy against the
culture" and warned the government from implementing it,
saying, "there is no need to even read the report."
PTI
