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Reservation LIVE: In a major decision months before general elections, the Union Cabinet on Monday approved 10% reservation for economically backward upper castes, sources told News18. As per initial information, those earning less than Rs 8 lakh per annum would be eligible for the proposed quota.
The move is likely to invoke strong reactions from Dalit intellectuals and opposition parties such as the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party, Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and the Left parties.
Reacting to the development, the Congress called it an election gimmick, with senior leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi asking the Narendra Modi government why they thought of the move just “3 months before model code (of conduct)".
RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav said reservation was not to improve financial condition but for representation of socially backward people. “If the financial condition was to be improved, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have given Rs 15 lakh and jobs," he said.
The NCP, too, said the limit for economically weaker was “not for the poor". “If the government really wants to give reservation to the poor, it should show this resolve. This question won’t be solved without constitutional amendment," the party said.
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