With the Dalit State employees intensifying the stir against their demotion as a sequel to the Supreme Court’s (SC) orders, their upper caste colleagues opposed to reservation in promotion for SCs, too have announced to launch a campaign.
The Sarvajan Hitay Sanrakshan Samiti (SSS), representing general and OBC State employees, will launch a nationwide awareness campaign from September 28. The campaign will culminate in a rally in lucknow on November 5. In April, 2012, the SC had quashed the provision of reservation in promotion for SC employees. During the Mayawati regime, around 15,000 SC employees and officers were promoted in their services. The apex court fixed September 15 as the deadline for demotion of all employees who got promoted under reservation in promotion.
After protests by the BSP and Dalit outfits, the UPA-II regime had introduced ‘Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2013 in the Rajya Sabha which was passed by the Upper House.