Parliament winter session: BSP, SP tussle over SC/ST quota bill - NewsX

  • 5 years ago
The government just managed to successfully tide over the FDI issue in Parliament, but now it has another dilemma at hand. The Bill for providing quota to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotions in government jobs is scheduled to be tabled in Rajya Sabha soon. And with arch rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party holding diametrically opposite views on the bill, the stage is set for a showdown. BSP supremo Mayawati is pushing for the bill but SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is opposed to reservation in promotions for government jobs because he believes it will upset their upper caste votebank. The SP has vowed the stall the Bill. Even today, Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day over the quota Bill.

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