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But the singular message they want to send in the letter is clear: reservation of 9 per cent for Muslims out of the 27 per cent OBC quota...
Just before the Karnataka elections, theBasavaraj Bommai government at the time dashed their hopes by removingthe4 per centOBC quota for Muslims in the state, and Home Minister Amit Shahspokeof ending reservations in Telangana..
The Muslim Vikas Parishad is among the organisationsfighting for backward Pasmandas to be included in the Scheduled Caste list.Its become a rallying cry of lesser-known local political parties like the Uttar Pradesh-basedRashtriya Ulama Council.The party mobilised PasmandaMuslims in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Delhi for the 10 August nation-wide protests against the exclusion of Dalit Christians and Muslims from being recognised as Scheduled Castes...
Why does Jamia Millia Islamia not give reservation to Pasmandas?asksRasheed.Here, 50 per centof the total seats are reserved for Muslims,with 30 per centfor the general category, 10per centfor Muslim OBC and ST students, and 10per centfor women.According to Rasheed, the 10per centreservation for OBC Muslims is not reflective of their population share..
Granting reservation to Muslims based on religion is not unconstitutional, he says.. A three-membercommission headed by formerChief Justice of IndiaKGBalakrishnan has beenappointedto examine whether SC status can be given to Dalits from religions other than Sikhism or Buddhism..
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