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Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota
announcement
Thursday February 09, 2012 09:44:43 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The poll panel Thursday censured Congress leader Salman Khurshid
for his nine percent job quota announcement for minorities in
Uttar Pradesh, and said that as law minister he has the
responsibility of ensuring the model code of conduct is observed
in "letter and spirit".
"As a union minister for Law and Minorities Affairs, he has an
added responsibility of ensuring that the model code of conduct is
observed in letter and spirit so that elections are conducted in a
free and fair manner and all political parties enjoy a level
playing field in the matter of their election," the commission in
its order said.
".. the commission has come to the inescapable conclusion that the
respondent Salman Khurshid, made a new promise to a distinct
targeted group of the electorate among the minorities that nine
percent seats would be reserved for them from out of the overall
quota of 27 percent for the other backward classes," it said.
"The commission is also satisfied that the above promise was made
by Salman Khurshid as a union minister for Law and Minorities
Affairs. Thus, Salman Khurshid has violated the model code of
conduct by making the abovesaid promise," it added.
"The Commission, therefore, cannot help expressing its deep
anguish and disappointment over his violation of model code of
conduct," the order said.
".. the commission hereby censures Salman Khurshid and hopes and
expects that such violations of model code of conduct would not be
repeated by him in future," the poll panel said. The BJP had filed
a complaint against Khurshid to the poll panel.
Khurshid, while addressing an election rally in the Farrukhabad
constituency from where his wife Louis is seeking election to the
state assembly, had said that if the Congress comes to power in
Uttar Pradesh it would provide nine percent job quota to
minorities.
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