Should BJP really oppose West Bengals Muslim quota at all?”
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday opposed the West Bengal government decision to reserve 10 per cent of the government jobs for Muslims under the backward class category, while the Congress wondered if it was only a “gimmick” ahead of state assembly elections. BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy said it was a reflection of the politics of appeasement of the ruling Left Front in West Bengal. “This is a decision taken with an eye to next year’s assembly elections. Politics of appeasement is central to the politics of the Left and the Congress,” Rudy told IANS here. He said the decision will meet the same fate as the Andhra Pradesh law providing four percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to 15 socially and educationally backward classes among the Muslims. “I feel the decision of the West Bengal government will meet the same fate as the religion-based law of Andhra Pradesh that has been quashed by the state high court,” Rudy said, ad
