NEW DELHI: Only backward sections of the minorities will be entitled to 4.5 per cent reservation within 27 per cent quota for OBCs, the government clarified today in the backdrop of protests by some parties.
Giving a clarification in this regard in the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said inclusion or exclusion in the Central OBC list would be strictly on the basis of backwardness of minorities which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Parsis.
He made the statement amid din and slogan-shouting in the House. While BJP members protested against reducing the reservation quota meant for OBC,Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) too tried to make his point but remained mostly inaudible.
"It may be clarified here that only backward sections of the Minority Communities can avail of 4.5 per cent sub-quota," Khurshid said, adding the reservation will be available in government jobs and educational institutions run by the central government.
His statement assumes significance as some parties, particularly BJP, have been vociferously opposing any quota for Muslims.
There will be no constitutional hurdle in implementing the sub-quota for minorities, the Minister said, adding, "It is apparent from the judgement of the Supreme Court in Indira Swahney case that the government is within its legitimate rights to make sub-categorisation amongst castes/communities included in the broad category of OBC."
Giving a clarification in this regard in the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said inclusion or exclusion in the Central OBC list would be strictly on the basis of backwardness of minorities which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Parsis.
He made the statement amid din and slogan-shouting in the House. While BJP members protested against reducing the reservation quota meant for OBC,Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) too tried to make his point but remained mostly inaudible.
"It may be clarified here that only backward sections of the Minority Communities can avail of 4.5 per cent sub-quota," Khurshid said, adding the reservation will be available in government jobs and educational institutions run by the central government.
His statement assumes significance as some parties, particularly BJP, have been vociferously opposing any quota for Muslims.
There will be no constitutional hurdle in implementing the sub-quota for minorities, the Minister said, adding, "It is apparent from the judgement of the Supreme Court in Indira Swahney case that the government is within its legitimate rights to make sub-categorisation amongst castes/communities included in the broad category of OBC."
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