Brahmin group not happy with 14 pc quota for EBCs

A Brahmin organisation today termed as "eyewash" the bill passed by Rajasthan Assembly granting 14 per cent reservation to Economically Backward Classes (EBC) of unreserved categories and demanded raising of quota camp from the current level of 50 per cent.
Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha said the representatives of forward classes will hold a meeting on September 27 to decide future course of action on the issue.
"If the Raje government has a strong will and intention to provide 14 per cent quota to Economically Backward Classes, then it should forward a proposal to the Centre for Constitution amendment in Parliament" to raise the cap of quota beyond 50 per cent," Mahasabha president Suresh Mishra said.

He said that Constitution amendment was necessary because the reservation limit in the state is exceeding the legal limit of 50 per cent with the passage of two reservation bills for SBC and EBC reservation.
With the passage of two bills by the Assembly yesterday, the quota percentage has gone up to 68 per cent.
He noted that the Vasundhara dispensation in its previous term in the year 2008 had also brought the same bill which was stuck in legal hurdles.

Therefore, he said, there is a strong possibility of the bill meeting the same fate again unless concrete steps are taken for Constitutional amendment in Parliament.

"The bills may be challenged in the court. If Raje government is really serious for providing the reservation to EBC or any other category beyond the permissible limit, then the state government should get Constitution amendment in the Parliament by forwarding a proposal to the Centre.
"The state government should take this initiative (of forwarding a proposal to the Centre) because they have their (party's) government in the Centre," he said.