Amid continued demands to scrap reservation, which prompted protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday, union minister Chirag Paswan backed the system, saying it is not charity but a constitutional right granted to those who have faced discrimination.
He added that overtime these provisions have been strengthened and said that poor people from upper castes are also made eligible to benefit from reservation.
Once the protesters present their demands systematically, the government will engage in dialogue with them,” he told reporters, news agency PTI reported. “Any sort of misunderstanding around reservation can create anger among a large section of the country’s population. “The government has agreed to discuss the demands of the activists of the reservation reform movement. Harsh Bhai has informed that a central minister will personally hold talks with the protesters,” RHA wrote on X. Their demands include more weight to economic condition while deciding who needs government assistance, including support for education, coaching, scholarships and other expenses.
Paswan said that the government would engage in dialogue with anti-reservation protesters demonstrating at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar once they present their demands in a systematic manner. It said that the government has agreed for discussion on demands of the anti-reservation protesters, saying that a central minister will “personally” hold talks with the agitators. YouTuber Ajeet Bharti demanded a “quota within quota” arrangement and questioned the government’s position on introducing a creamy-layer criterion.
