Cong has always been anti-backward classes: Amit Shah

| | Mahendragarh (Haryana)
  • 0

Cong has always been anti-backward classes: Amit Shah

Tuesday, 16 July 2024 | PTI | Mahendragarh (Haryana)

Cong has always been anti-backward classes: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday targeted the Congress, saying the opposition party has always been anti-backward classes.

Addressing a 'Backward Classes Samman Sammelan' here, Shah referred to the Kaka Kalekar Commission formed in the 1950s to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and said the Congress did not implement its recommendations for years.

"In 1980, (the then prime minister) Indira Gandhi put the Mandal Commission in cold storage. In 1990, when it was accepted, Rajiv Gandhi gave a two-and-a-half-hour speech and opposed OBC reservation," the Union minister said.

"In Karnataka, the Congress snatched reservation from backward classes and gave it to Muslims. The same will happen here if they come (to power) here," Shah said.

"I want to assure you that we will not allow Muslim reservation in Haryana," he said.

He asserted that the BJP will form the government in Haryana with a complete majority.

The Haryana Assembly elections are scheduled to be held later this year.

This is Shah's second visit to Haryana in over the last fortnight. On June 29, he had addressed BJP leaders and workers during a meeting of the party's extended state executive in Panchkula.

Sunday Edition

The Shah of the corporate universe

12 January 2025 | ANOOP BOSE | Agenda

Luxurious Getaways in Northeast India

12 January 2025 | Team Agenda | Agenda

The Life Guidance | The Science of Mindfulness

12 January 2025 | Seerat Kaur Marwaha | Agenda

Soulful Travel Diaries

12 January 2025 | MANOJ SINGH NEGI | Agenda

The Spirit of Maha Kumbh

12 January 2025 | Biswajeet Banerjee | Agenda

Discovery in Sambhal: Unearthing Ancient Temples and Wells

05 January 2025 | Biswajeet Banerjee and Sajid Khan | Agenda