While the Congress did “support” the Reservation Bill, you wouldn’t think that was the case from the manner in which they behaved over the last two days.
The choice of this new policy instrument is very clear, it should come under the Direct Benefit Transfer framework in the form of a Targeted Basic Income.
The Narendra Modi government, in a historic move, introduced the 124th constitutional amendment that paved the way for 10% reservation to economically backward people.
The current 10% reservation introduced by Modi govt, granted by the 124th Constitutional Amendment Bill would not breach the 50% reservation limit set by the Indra Sawhney judgement
Kejriwal claimed that he had talked with several people and all of them believed what Mevani claimed was actually what the BJP was thinking. "Very dangerous," he said.