BJP to launch campaign against reduction in reservation for STs, says Ashok

Accusing the Congress authorities of “cheating” the Scheduled Tribe assemblage by reducing their preservation quota, the BJP has decided to motorboat a nationalist run against it successful this regard.

Disclosing this astatine a property league present connected Wednesday, Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok said the BJP was holding consultations with affected communities arsenic portion of efforts to physique a Statewide run by involving them.

He pointed retired that the erstwhile BJP dispensation led by Basavaraj Bommai had accrued the preservation for SCs from 15% to 17% and STs from 3% to 7%, based connected their population. This had been done to supply a just level of preservation for these oppressed communities to guarantee societal justice, helium said.

But the Congress authorities had “hatched a conspiracy” against these communities and reduced the preservation level for STs to the earlier level of 3%, helium said and described it arsenic betraying the oppressed communities.

Referring to the claims of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of being pro-Dalit, helium wondered if reducing preservation for Dalits was a pro-Dalit measure.

Expressing interest that Scheduled Tribe communities would person to conflict for galore much years to get their preservation quantum accrued again, helium urged the authorities to instantly reconstruct their preservation to the earlier 7%.

Bidadi township

Opposing the government’s moves to physique a township successful Bidadi by acquiring astir 9,600 acres of onshore there, Mr. Ashok alleged that the township task was taken up lone to “loot” by utilizing 3,000 acres of authorities onshore for real-estate purpose.

Pointing retired that the onshore projected to beryllium acquired for the township task was a fertile one, helium demanded that the interests of farmers should not beryllium sacrificed for real-estate ambitions of almighty people.

Claiming that already 7 lakh flats successful Bengaluru were lying vacant, helium questioned the request for acquiring specified ample tracts of onshore to physique a township.