Favors by Government

The Centre is seriously considering a proposal for granting reservation to Muslims in all India service examination. (Centre never thinks anything about Hindus, but always think seriously for minorities and specially Muslims !)

After the lifting of all the 1,667 cases booked against the participants of agitations in support and against the formation of a separate Telangana state, the Andhra Pradesh government was now seriously considering the demand for withdrawing the cases booked against the Muslim youth in Hyderabad and other places in the state.

In an attempt to win back its Muslim votes in Left-stronghold Kerala and West Bengal ahead of next year's assembly elections, the Communist Party of India-Marxist hosted a Muslim convention in New Delhi on Saturday.

A Mulsim would be made the Deputy Chief Minister and 12 per cent reservations provided to the community after the formation of separate Telangana state, said TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao

Nearly 1.4 crore backward Muslims in West Bengal would be issued OBC certificates under a reservation policy for poor people of the community after the state Cabinet approves the decision on September 22.

The Centre is actively considering reservation for Muslims through the Other Backward Castes route, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said.

While farmers suicide and unemployment are rising due to wrong economic policy and bad governance of the UPA government, implementing Ranganath Misra report is yet another step towards destruction.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday threatened to launch a mass agitation if the central government implemented the Ranganath Mishra Commission report which recommended 15 percent reservation for Muslims in education and government employment.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee alleged that West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee's claim that his government would complete identification of 1 crore Muslims for reservation in government jobs by June was an attempt to "cheat" them.

Kolkata: CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said his Govt. would complete identification of one crore Muslims for reservation in government jobs by June in a bid to win back minority voters ahead of civic polls.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has assured a delegation of Muslim groups that the modalities for providing reservation for the minority community would be worked out in six months.

Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the Maharashtra government should explore the possibility of giving reservations to Muslims in housing schemes.

In giving the go-ahead to the AP Government to proceed with its proposed 4% reservations for ‘backward’ Muslims, the SC has, perhaps unwittingly, triggered a social upheaval whose consequences may prove to be far-reaching and not entirely beneficial to India.

The Andhra Pradesh government received a major boost with the Supreme Court, in an interim order, upholding the validity of four percent reservation provided to backward members of Muslim community in the state on Thursday.

The Ranganath Misra Report is not unanimous. The report recommends, amongst other things, 15 per cent reservation to minorities in education, Central and State Government jobs and social welfare schemes in the OBC quota. Out of 15 per cent, the report recommends 10 per cent to Muslims and remaining 5 per cent to other minorities. It also recommends the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the list of Scheduled Castes. However, Smt Asha Das, its Member Secretary has submitted her dissenting opinion opposing the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the category of Scheduled Castes.