Religion, Caste And Tribe Based Reservation - 3

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<b>Increase in quota will divide nation: SC</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->“The last caste census was done in 1931” and “all census since 1951 have break-up of population based on religion only” not caste. Referring to the Constitution which provided reservation for only SC/STs and that too for a period of 10 years commencing 1951, the petitioner contended that the SC/ST reservation of 15 and 7.5 per cent respectively “has been extended indefinitely” and now, another “new section” of the citizenry, OBC, not sanctioned by the Constitution, has been added “with a political view”.

According to the petition, the OBC list has been increased further with some 3,200 castes being included.

“Mandal Commission had fixed OBC population in India at 52% based on fictitious data. In case we add SC/ST (24.4 per cent), Muslims (13 per cent), Christians (2.4 per cent) and Sikh, upper caste population in India should be only 6 per cent which is quite ridiculous,” it stated. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->