BJP MP seeks quota in govt’s lateral entry scheme

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 15

Batting for reservation in all contractual jobs, BJP Udit Raj today demanded quota for OBC, SC/ST candidates in the government’s lateral entry scheme for appointment of 10 joint secretary level officials.

The North West Delhi MP said he will take up the issue with the top leadership of his party as well as the government. “The government is going to fill ten posts of Joint Secretary level with people from private institutions. Reservation of SC/ST and OBC must be applied. I will meet BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding quota for SC, ST and OBC candidates in appointments of joint secretaries,” Raj said.

The MP also demanded reservation in higher judiciary saying that the Dalit community is “angry” with it over its judgements on cases of atrocities against them and in course cited the Bhanwari Devi gangrape case of Rajasthan.

The Supreme Court judgement dated March 20, 2018 with regard to the Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, has proved to be against the interest of SC/STs in the country, as per him.

The BJP MP pointed out that the “dilution” of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has led to a rise in the number of cases of atrocities against Dalits.

In the latest is what happened in Mehsana, Gujarat where when a Dalit wore a shoe similar to that of a Thakur, he was “beaten up” for daring to become equal to the Thakurs, he stated.