TN to provide quotas for Muslims, Christians

The Tamil Nadu government has announced exclusive reservations for Christians and Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions.

The decision comes on the heels of the Supreme Court's stay on the 27 per cent reservation for OBC students in elite educational institutions.

According to a copy of the reply of Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi in the state assembly during a debate on the demand for grants to the minorities department, the state government had accepted the recommendations of the Tamil Nadu State Backward Classes Commission headed by Justice M Janardanam.

Karunanidhi said the commission, which was asked to submit its recommendations for reservation for Muslims and Christians, had stated that the report of the Second Class Backward Commission, headed by J A Ambashankar, which dealt with the issue of the number of backward class people in the state, could be the basis for 'exclusive' reservation for Christians and Muslims.