Jaipur, July 16: BJP today indicated that the Centre may set up a commission to look into reservation in government jobs for economically backward among upper castes. "We hope that an announcement by the Union government in this regard would be made soon at a proper forum," BJP national spokesman Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.
He indicated that the announcement may be made in Parliament during the monsoon session beginning next week. When asked whether the economically backward among the upper castes would get reservation benefits before the next general elections, Javadekar said, "For us, it is not an election issue but a question of social justice." Bureau Report