Quota within quota, more EWS benefits: YouTuber Ajeet Bharti's key demands at 'Reservation Hatao' protest
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
YouTuber Ajeet Bharti, speaking at a protest against caste-based reservation at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, called for a review of the existing reservation system and outlined four key demands, including a white paper on reservations, quota within quota, minimum marks for admissions and greater benefits for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
Adding to this, Bharti shared the first demand was for the government to publish a white paper detailing the reservation system and its impact over the past 80 years. (X@ANI) The protest was organised by ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’, a social media movement opposing quotas. A large number of people gathered at Jantar Mantar on Friday despite police permission being granted for the demonstration at Ramlila Maidan.
Meanwhile, In a conversation with news agency ANI , YouTuber Bharti shared the first demand was for the government to publish a white paper detailing the reservation system and its impact over the past 80 years.
Notably, “Our biggest demand is that the government should come up with a white paper stating that the reservations you've given to people for 80 years... I come from Bihar. Research how dire the situation of the Musahar community is. Their children aren't getting reservations. Why? Because those caste groups don't even have leaders, he told news agency ANI”
As per the latest buzz, He shared the Musahar community in Bihar was an example of groups that, according to him, were not receiving the benefits of reservations because they lacked political representation.
In further updates, Bharti's second demand was for a quota within the existing quota system. He also questioned the government's position on the creamy layer in such a system.
On top of that, “The second demand is quota within quota, on which the government has also shared that we will not implement the creamy layer in it. Why will you not implement it? It is so absurd that the government is bowing down to those few Dalit leaders who only talk about their caste group...”
Earlier, this month, the government told the Supreme Court of India that the concept of a "creamy layer" cannot be extended for the reservation of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes categories. The government argued that the doctrine has consistently been applied to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) only.
Source: Hindustan Times