Why is Nitish Kumar playing for job quota in the private sector?

There have been demands ever since the Mandal Commission report was adopted in 1990 that there should be reservations in the private sector.

On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he backed reservations in the private sector. His call comes on the heels of the Bihar government providing for reservation in services that the state government outsources to contractors. In 2016, the Bihar government had announced 35 per cent reservation to women in state police jobs and also implemented 50 per cent reservation in judicial services.

Kumar's call comes at a time of shrinking jobs in the government sector, and increasing number of communities demanding a share in the job reservation pie. There is ample data to suggest that reservation is implemented