The former IPS officer, who belongs to the Scheduled Castes, told reporters that it was the Congress that had amended the Constitution the highest number of times and even suspended its provisions to impose a state of emergency in 1975.
Congress and its allies are spreading this narrative to mislead people, especially Dalits, that the BJP will end reservation, Brij Lal said, speaking on a case where the two main contenders for power are targeting each other during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. .
Brij Lal, who headed the parliamentary committee that examined the three criminal laws later passed by Parliament, cited Jawaharlal Nehru’s comments to claim that the first prime minister was not one for reservations, and added that Rajiv Gandhi had argued that the Constitution could be amended. Changed if necessary.
He said that it was the Congress that provided reservations to Muslims in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, which are not divided on religious lines, in violation of the Constitution.
He said the Rangnath Mishra Committee appointed by the then Congress government at the Center spoke in favor of including Muslims who were earlier in the Scheduled Castes to get quota benefits for Dalits.
He said the Modi government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 was very beneficial for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, while the Congress spoke against its removal.
Brij Lal claimed that Congress was always anti-reservation and anti-BR Ambedkar.
Dalits believe that the Congress government will include Muslims in the reservation reserved for them, he said, adding that the party, when in power, ensured that disadvantaged Hindu groups did not get the benefits of reservation in government-funded institutions like Aligarh Muslim University. And Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Brij Lal alleged that Congress allies, such as the Samajwadi Party, were the most opposed to Dalit interests, noting that more than a thousand government employees from the Scheduled Castes were demoted when Akhilesh Yadav was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. PTI KR KR SZM
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