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Govt. committed to quota
for 'backward Muslims'
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 05:28:04 PM ,
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New Delhi:
Government on Wednesday said it is committed to providing
reservation to the backward sections among Muslims, a recommendation
also made by the Sachar Committee that went into the issue of
socio-economic condition of minority communities.
"We are committed to giving share to the backward among Muslims in
the reservation list for backward castes," Minority Affairs Minister
Salman Khurshid said.
"This was also recommended by Sachar Committee and we have promised
it in our (Congress) manifesto as well to which we remain
committed," Khurshid told reporters on the sidelines of a function
of the National Minority Commission here.
He said the commitment follows suggestions from Sachar committee as
well as the "successful experiments in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
Karnataka" of giving the backward sections among the minority
community separate and special representation in the backward list.
"We can move forward on the basis of what we have done in these
three states," he said citing the example of Bihar, where a similar
step has already been taken.
Addressing the annual conference of State Minority Commissions,
Khurshid said even the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which rejected the
state government's move twice to get reservation for Muslim backward
did not reject the concept of quota for them within existing 27 per
cent OBC reservation.
He said the court rejected its application on the grounds of
"non-scientific and inadequate survey". "Fortunately the Supreme
Court has preserved the 4 per cent reservation for backward Muslims
given in the state," he added.
Underlining the need to go beyond reservation, he said other
affirmative action can also be considered for backward among Muslims
like it is done for the scheduled castes.
He said that his ministry is also trying to convince the Prime
Minister to bring down the cut off rate of minority population from
25 per cent to 15 per cent for declaring a district
minority-concentrated in the next plan.
"If that happens we would be able to include 40 to 45 more
districts," he said. Currently, the scheme is running in 90 minority
concentrated districts (MCDs).
Making a strong pitch for the formation of the Equal Opportunity
Commission, Khurshid said that the such a panel will not take away
the mandate of any other Commission and it seeks to create equal
opportunities and ensure empowerment for all disadvantaged sections.
Responding to a demand for more power for the National Minority
Commission, Khurshid said, "In a great sense much of our decisions
regarding NCM and other Commissions will be taken after we take a
final view on EOC."
Explaining the Central government's constraints in notifying any
other community as minority due to a Supreme Court order restricting
it from doing so, Khurshid said the issue "calls for a fresh look".
"It seems like a legal lacunae that we have notified five minority
communities but are unable to notify any more. State governments
have the right to do it," he said.
On Ranganath Mishra Commission report, the minister said that the
government is still considering the issue and the 77 recommendations
of the panel have been sent to various ministries for their view
after which a collective decision could be taken. "Till that time it
will be difficult to say anything more on the issue," he added.
The minister also said that it is not possible to fulfil every
desire and hope but was quick to add, "It is not because there is
reluctance within the government. It is because the government is to
ensure consensus."
Alluding to the various demands of the NCM for the protection and
furtherance of minorities' interests, Khurshid said that the
Commission should also keep in mind that "incremental growth will be
more successful than dramatic jumps that can lead to differences in
the society".
NCM Chairman Md Shafi Qureshi said that a view is gaining ground
that the Commission is a "toothless and ineffective" body adding
that it does not have powers to independently investigate complaints
of discrimination and deprivation of rights of minorities. He also
made a strong demand for constitutional status to NCM.
Referring to an earlier decision to make NCM a constitutional body
for which a bill was also introduced in Lok Sabha, Qureshi said, "It
is imperative that the government no longer delay the process of
conferring constitutional status on this body with adequate powers."
The Commission Chairman also called for implementing the
recommendations of the Sachar Committee "both in letter and spirit".
He urged the government to "explore the possibility of enacting a
law to prevent atrocities against minorities" on the lines the such
an Act for the Scheduled Castes.
Qureshi noted with concern that the benefits of various schemes have
not accrued equitably to the eligible sections among minorities and
rued that the response to the monitoring mechanism devised by the
Commission to evaluate and review such programmes has been lukewarm.
He also called for reaching out to the members of the community
directly to get them benefits of these programmes and said the state
minority commissions can provide a link between the community and
the implementing agencies.
Qureshi at the same time maintained that there is "little synergy"
and "hardly any sharing of information" between NCM and state
minority commissions and promised to take up new initiatives to fill
the gap.
He also raised the issue of absence of minority commissions in as
many as 13 states. Khurshid later told reporters that he will
personally speak to Chief Ministers of these states and will try to
ensure that minority bodies are constituted there.
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