Mayawati wants job quota for poor Muslims, transparent defence deal policy

BSP president says representation of Muslims in govt jobs has dropped to 2-3% from 33 per at the time of independence

Playing the minority card ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati today demanded a separate job quota for poor Muslims.

Addressing the media on the occasion of her 63th birthday here, Mayawati said at the time of independence in 1947, the representation of Muslims in government jobs was about 33 per cent, which she claimed had nosedived to 2-3 per cent now.

Her posturing comes in the backdrop of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre passing a law to provide a 10 per cent reservation in government