Upping the ante on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the reservation issue and changes to the Constitution, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy asked the BJP to explain its stand on the formation of the Justice Venkatachalaiah Commission to review the Indian Constitution.
Amid political attack on him by the BJP, Mr. Revanth Reddy said that the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government issued a gazette on February 21, 2000, constituting the commission to recommend changes to the Constitution. “Can BJP disown it?” he asked at a press conference on Wednesday.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah should explain the commission’s recommendations. BJP leaders, who are targeting the Congress, should explain why they failed to take action against the BJP Cabinet Ministers and even the then Lok Sabha Speaker when he spoke openly on ending reservation in the country, he said.
