New Delhi, Sept 08: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said efforts were underway to provide reservation to economically-backward classes and favoured it
to happen before the upcoming assembly elections.
"Efforts are on. We want this to happen before assembly
elections", he told reporters at Rashtrapati Bhavan soon after
the re-induction of Mamata Banerjee and Gingee Ramachandran
into the Union Council of Ministers.
Asked about the controversy over the report of the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) about existence of a 10th
century temple below the disputed area in Ayodhya, he said
"the issue was pending before court".
On whether his government proposed to nominate former
Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in the Rajya Sabha against
one remaining vacancy in this category, he shook his ahead
implying a no.
"Koi aa jaaye bhoola bhatka" (anyone can come from here
or there), he quipped leaving the scribes guessing on who
would fill the slot.
Bureau Report
