Modi terms quota bill as 'historic', warns against opposition rumour mills

The PM attacked the opposition over the issue of corruption saying the leaders who did not see eye to eye, were coming together to dislodge him from power

A day after the Lok Sabha passed the constitutional amendment Bill to facilitate 10 per cent quota for the economically poor among the general category, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday termed the development as historic for Independent India.

Modi observed that the Bill seeks to address the economic inequality that had seeped in during the 70 years of Independence and would provide benefits to the poor among the general category of citizens.

“Lakhs of youth of the general category would get job opportunities in government and public sector, so that poverty does not hold them back from progress,” Modi