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While politicians in the South are welcoming the Supreme Court's decision on SC-ST reservation, protests have started in the North. However, both the major parties of the country have not yet issued any official statement on this.
The Supreme Court's decision on sub-classification of reservation for Dalits and Adivasis has heated up politics in the country. While leaders in the south are welcoming the Supreme Court's decision, protests have started in the north. However, both the major parties of the country have not yet issued any official statement on this. On Thursday, a 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court gave its verdict with 6 judges agreeing and 1 judge disagreeing, stating that if the states want, they can implement sub-reservation system for weaker sections in SC-ST reservation. The court also said in its decision that the states should take the initiative to recognize the creamy castes and give its benefits to the weaker sections.
3 Chief Ministers support, the rest remain silent
This decision of the Supreme Court has been supported by 3 Chief Ministers, while the rest of the Chief Ministers are still silent on this matter. The Tamil Nadu government has described this decision of the Supreme Court as approval of the Dravidian model. Chief Minister MK Stalin has said that we are already making such a demand. My father Karunanidhi made a provision of 3 percent internal reservation for the Arunthathiyar community of the state. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has also welcomed this decision of the Supreme Court. Siddaramaiah said that this decision of the court will give justice to the weaker sections. This decision of the Supreme Court is going to further strengthen the principle of social justice. Congress-ruled Telangana has also welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has said that the sub-quota system will be implemented in all recruitment examinations in future.
There are currently 3 tribal chief ministers in North India (Hemant Soren of Jharkhand, Mohan Manjhi of Odisha and Vishnudev Sai of Chhattisgarh). None of the three has commented on this yet.
The stand of BJP and Congress is also not clear
The official stand of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress on the Supreme Court's decision is not yet clear. BJP MP Brijlal has justified the decision of sub-reservation. Like Brijlal, many leaders from the South are supporting this decision, but the party has not yet given any reaction.
The southern leaders of Congress are supporting it, but many big leaders of North India are silent. Udit Raj, a prominent Dalit leader of Congress in North India, has opposed the decision of the Supreme Court and said that the court's decision is anti-reservation. There has been no official reaction from the party on the Supreme Court's decision.
What did the big Dalit leaders of the country say?
Former CM Mayawati has questioned the Supreme Court's decision on the sub-reservation issue. Mayawati has asked whether political oppression is nothing in front of social oppression? Has the life of crores of Dalits and tribals of the country become free from hatred and discrimination and full of self-respect and self-esteem? If not, then how fair is the distribution of reservation among these caste-based and left out categories?
Mayawati has also targeted the Congress and BJP governments. She has said that the government should explain why this reservation has not been included in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
Nagi MP and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief Chandrashekhar has said that it is important to know what is the purpose of this decision? Who were the lawyers in the court and who were the judges who gave the verdict?
Chirag Paswan's party MP Shambhavi Chaudhary has also termed the sub-quota rules as wrong. Chaudhary says that reservation was based on untouchability and caste-based discrimination in society, which is the same for all castes. Now if you want to change the basis and purpose of reservation by talking about changes like sub-classification.
