[Marxistindia] Oppose Criteria For 10 Percent Reservations

[news from the cpi(m)]

January 25, 2019

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Oppose Criteria For 10 Percent Reservations

 

The Central Government through the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment has notified the criteria for the 10 per cent reservation
benefits for the economically weaker sections in the hitherto non-reserved
categories. According to the order this is for benefits of reservation on a
preferential basis in civil posts and services in the government of India
and admission in educational institutions.

 

The order states families who have a gross annual income of eight lakh
rupees or below are eligible. In addition families who have following assts
will be excluded: those who have 5 acres of agricultural land or more, those
who have a residential flat of 1000 sq feet or more, those who have a
residential plot of 100 sq yards or more in a notified municipality, those
who have a plot of 200 sq yards or more in areas other than the notified
municipalities will not be eligible for the reservation benefits.

 

The CPI(M) opposes this criteria. It makes a mockery of the very concept of
economically weaker sections. The government is not accepting even a minimum
wage of 18,000 rupees and here it is including an income of almost 70,000
rupees a month for the benefit of reservations. This criteria will deprive
weaker sections of any benefits which will be cornered by the better off. It
is also entirely wrong of the government to use the same criteria it has
used for OBC creamy layer category. The criteria for those sections include
the most important point that these sections are also socially deprived
which does not apply to the general category.

 

It is typical of this government's undemocratic approach that it did  not
put this proposal before parliament when it was discussing the
constitutional amendment bill. Instead of waiting for the parliament session
already convened on January 31, it has pushed through an executive order in
an arbitrary and illegal manner.  

 

The Polit Bureau urges the government that without an appropriate
legislation of the parliament, it should not allow the operationalisation of
the provision of this executive order.

 

 

(Hari Singh Kang)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

 

 

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