Condition of poor Muslims in India worse than Dalits

New Delhi, December 24: Justifying the Congress-led UPA government's proposed move of providing a sub-quota for minorities, a union minister on Saturday said that condition of poor Muslims and Buddhists in the county was "worse" than Dalits. "The condition of poor Muslims and Buddhists in the country was worse 

than Dalits, therefore 4.5 % quota within quota was necessary," coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today said.

The union minister alleged that corruption in Uttar Pradesh was at its peak and blamed the chief minister Mayawati for it. "Though union government wants to set up projects, the state is not making land available and corruption is at its peak," Jaiswal said.

Jaiswal claimed that this time Congress is going to form government in Uttar Pradesh, and "behenji" (Mayawati) and "bhai saheb" should shun their lure of power.

He also said that Congress is not worried about Anna Hazare and is ready to face him if he decides to campaign against the party in the state. "Congress is not worried about the agitation of Anna Hazare or anyone else, and if Anna or his team comes to Uttar Pradesh to campaign against it, the party is ready to face them," Jaiswal told newspersons here.

"Congress looks ahead ... In the past also many people have campaigned against it but what happened," Jaiswal said adding that his is a democratic party which is not afraid of any individual or agitation.

"Congress only thinks about the sentiments of the people following which it has introduced a strong Lokpal Bill in Parliament, which covers Prime Minister as well as employees of group C and D and would try to get it passed," he said.

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4.5 % reservation for Muslims: Rahul baba, Maya politics

New Delhi, December 23: Just ahead of Uttar Pradesh elections, Congress has played its minority card with the Union Cabinet on Thursday approving 4.5 per cent quota for minorities within the larger 27 per cent quota for the Other backward Classes (OBC) in central government jobs and educational institutions.

The Constitution bars reservations on religious lines; however, the government in this case is relying on Justice Sachar Committee and Ranganath Misra Commission. The two commissions have backed affirmative actions for Muslims calling their social economic status worse than even the schedule castes.

"UPA government is scared, working under fear. Now at the eve of elections, they are giving reservations to Muslim. What needs to be noticed, why now?," BSP MP Vijay Bahadur Singh said. 

The quota will come into effect from January 1, 2012.

"It is extremely dangerous for the secular fabric of the nation keeping polls in mind. One indulges in politics, with a reservation connected to it for a particular religion, I think it's unconstitutional and unpatriotic to do so," BJP MP Smriti Irani said.

Now, with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi aggressively campaigning to regain Muslim vote bank in UP. The move is being seen as one last desperate attempt to reach out to the Muslims which constitutes nearly 18 per cent of the total electorate in UP.

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