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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Mayawati opposes demand for reservation on economic basis, says it undermines constitutional safeguards

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday opposed the demand for replacing caste-based reservation with reservation on economic grounds, saying such a move would not be in the country's interest.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the constitutional provision of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs was intended to address the discrimination and deprivation faced by these communities for centuries.

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