Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 23 accused the Congress of making an attempt to reduce the reservation for Dalits, tribals and backwards and give it to Muslims in defiance of the Constitution. Mr. Modi said the Congress had launched it as a “pilot project” in Andhra Pradesh with an intention to extend it to all over the country.
“As soon as the Congress formed the government at the Centre in 2004, one of its first tasks was to reduce the SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh and give the quota to Muslims. Between 2004 and 2010, the Congress made four attempts to introduce Muslim reservation in that State, but it could not succeed because of legal impediments and the Supreme Court’s alertness,” Mr. Modi said at an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk district.
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