The BJP will observe a “social justice fortnight” from August 15-30 and “social justice week” from August 1-9 from next year to mark the Parliamentary nod to a bill seeking to empower an OBC Commission by according it a constitutional status and likely passage of a bill restoring stringent clauses of a law against Dalit atrocities.
An announcement to this effect was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP parliamentary party meeting here , during which he also said that the ongoing Monsoon session will be remembered as a “session of social justice”.
The Prime Minister invoked ‘August Kranti’ as he spoke about the “historic” significance of the bills passed in this month by Parliament. Talking to newspersons , Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said Modi stressed that these bills underline his Government’s commitment.
