Bhawanipatna (Odisha): BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said the central government would neither scrap the policy of reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in education and jobs nor allow anyone to do so. His comments come amid the ongoing Dalit uproar over the dilution of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
"No one can dare to change" the reservation policy "as set by B R Ambedkar in the Constitution", the BJP chief said at a public meeting. Mr Shah had also tweeted about the same on Tuesday.
The "Bharat bandh" called by the protesting Dalit groups led to 11 deaths, numerous clashes and incidents of arson across five states.
Alleging that a "misinformation campaign" had been launched in the media and on social media that the BJP would withdraw reservations, Mr Shah said, "I want to make it clear in this public meeting in the presence of so many people that the BJP will not withdraw reservations at all, nor will it allow anyone to do so."
The top court asserted that "no provisions of the SC/ST Act have been diluted" rather, some suggestions have been made to "protect innocents" and refused to keep in abeyance the verdict.
The judgment, delivered on March 20, offered some relaxation in two tough provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act -- that a person accused under the law be immediately arrested and not be allowed bail. It led to accusations from Dalit groups that the law has been weakened.
"No one can dare to change" the reservation policy "as set by B R Ambedkar in the Constitution", the BJP chief said at a public meeting. Mr Shah had also tweeted about the same on Tuesday.
The "Bharat bandh" called by the protesting Dalit groups led to 11 deaths, numerous clashes and incidents of arson across five states.
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Alleging that a "misinformation campaign" had been launched in the media and on social media that the BJP would withdraw reservations, Mr Shah said, "I want to make it clear in this public meeting in the presence of so many people that the BJP will not withdraw reservations at all, nor will it allow anyone to do so."
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The top court asserted that "no provisions of the SC/ST Act have been diluted" rather, some suggestions have been made to "protect innocents" and refused to keep in abeyance the verdict.
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The judgment, delivered on March 20, offered some relaxation in two tough provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act -- that a person accused under the law be immediately arrested and not be allowed bail. It led to accusations from Dalit groups that the law has been weakened.
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