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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>RJD leader opposes inclusion of creamy layer </b>
Pioneer.com
Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
Signaling a crack in the ruling United Progressive Alliance on the Supreme Court's verdict on excluding the creamy layer among the SCs and STs from the ambit of reservation in Government services and promotion, senior RJD leader and Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh opposed the move to interfere with the apex court's verdict.

Since RJD chief Lalu Yadav has not made any statement on the issue after the court's ruling, Singh's assertion on the politically sensitive quota issue assumes significance. 

<b>"The court's verdict should be taken note of. Since chances of jobs and promotions are limited, the benefit should go to the non-creamy layer among SCs/STs,"</b> Singh told The Pioneer.
 
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>On why political parties are so strongly opposed to the apex court's ruling, the Minister said, "many of them are dominated by leaders who themselves belong to the creamy layers. How can you expect them to be rational?"</span>

<b>The RJD, which is a product of the OBC policy, has accepted no reservation for creamy layer in the context of quota for OBCs in jobs and promotions. </b>

<b>While pleading for benefits of quota in jobs and promotions, the RJD leader urged dalit leaders to be broadminded. "We can think of the benefits of reservations reaching to the really needy, only when the creamy layer among them is excluded," </b>he added.

When asked, whether he was speaking on behalf of his party, Prasad said, "I am speaking what I feel is right."

However, it is understood that the RJD holds the same views as<b> Lalu Prasad is trying to mend fences with the upper castes after being thrown out of power in Bihar</b>. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->  <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->