Tag: Ramdas Athawale

  • 80 according to cent Muslims taking part in OBC quota: Ramdas Athawale

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    NEW DELHI: An afternoon after the Centre appointed a three-member fee to inspect the problem of Scheduled Caste (SC) standing for Dalit converts, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale denied allegations that putting in of the panel is a delaying tactic and mentioned that the federal government will look forward to the Fee to post its document.

    Chatting with this newspaper, Athawale additionally mentioned that 80 according to cent of the Muslim Neighborhood belongs to the Different Backward Categories (OBC) class they usually avail reservation as according to the suggestions of the Mandal Fee.

    The Social Justice Ministry in a notification on Friday mentioned that the fee will probably be headed by means of former CJI Justice Ok G Balakrishnan and it is going to have two extra individuals — retired IAS officer Ravindra Jain and UGC member Sushma Yadav. The fee has to post its document in two years. The ministry’s transfer has invited complaint from teams of Dalit Christians and Muslims, who’ve been tough the SC standing for a very long time. Many activists described the verdict as politically motivated and referred to as it discriminatory.

    Responding to the allegations, the minister mentioned that the former Congress governments may have acceded to the long-standing call for of the communities and that they not on time it. “If the communities had been tough for a very long time, why didn’t the Congress celebration take a call?  PM Modi is right here just for 8 years whilst Congress was once in energy for a few years. Now, they (Congress) are speaking about Muslims and Christians,” he mentioned.

    Athawale additionally identified that in line with the Presidential orders, reservation advantages are to be had most effective to Dalit Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists. On the other hand, he mentioned that 80 according to cent of the Muslim neighborhood is indexed beneath the OBC class and the Mandal Fee has given reservations to them. “In Mandal Fee’s record, many Muslim castes are there and they’re already getting the reservation. Mandal has given 27 according to cent reservation to the OBC neighborhood,” he mentioned.

    In step with the ministry, the Balakrishnan Fee will read about the topic of “in accordance Scheduled Caste standing to new individuals, who declare to have traditionally belonged to the Scheduled Castes, however have transformed to religions rather than the ones discussed within the Presidential Orders issued every now and then beneath Article 341 of the Charter”.

    Athawale mentioned that whilst Dalit Hindus got the SC standing in 1950, Sikhs had been lined in 1956. In 1990, the V P Singh executive accorded SC standing to Buddhists after calls for from the neighborhood. 
    Activists additionally indicate that whilst the former governments instituted a number of committees on this regard, no motion was once taken on this regard. The UPA executive beneath Manmohan Singh arrange the Ranganath Misra Fee in 2004 and the Rajinder Sachar Committee to inspect the social, financial, and academic standing of transformed Muslims in 2005.

    Although each the panels submitted reviews in favour of giving SC standing to the converts, it wasn’t approved by means of the Parliament. On the other hand, Athawale says that previous commissions haven’t given any transparent advice on this regard. “No revisions came about as a result of that. Now, the brand new committee will glance into the problems revolving round it. As soon as the document comes, the federal government will overview it,” he mentioned.

    NEW DELHI: An afternoon after the Centre appointed a three-member fee to inspect the problem of Scheduled Caste (SC) standing for Dalit converts, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale denied allegations that putting in of the panel is a delaying tactic and mentioned that the federal government will look forward to the Fee to post its document.

    Chatting with this newspaper, Athawale additionally mentioned that 80 according to cent of the Muslim Neighborhood belongs to the Different Backward Categories (OBC) class they usually avail reservation as according to the suggestions of the Mandal Fee.

    The Social Justice Ministry in a notification on Friday mentioned that the fee will probably be headed by means of former CJI Justice Ok G Balakrishnan and it is going to have two extra individuals — retired IAS officer Ravindra Jain and UGC member Sushma Yadav. The fee has to post its document in two years. The ministry’s transfer has invited complaint from teams of Dalit Christians and Muslims, who’ve been tough the SC standing for a very long time. Many activists described the verdict as politically motivated and referred to as it discriminatory.

    Responding to the allegations, the minister mentioned that the former Congress governments may have acceded to the long-standing call for of the communities and that they not on time it. “If the communities had been tough for a very long time, why didn’t the Congress celebration take a call?  PM Modi is right here just for 8 years whilst Congress was once in energy for a few years. Now, they (Congress) are speaking about Muslims and Christians,” he mentioned.

    Athawale additionally identified that in line with the Presidential orders, reservation advantages are to be had most effective to Dalit Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists. On the other hand, he mentioned that 80 according to cent of the Muslim neighborhood is indexed beneath the OBC class and the Mandal Fee has given reservations to them. “In Mandal Fee’s record, many Muslim castes are there and they’re already getting the reservation. Mandal has given 27 according to cent reservation to the OBC neighborhood,” he mentioned.

    In step with the ministry, the Balakrishnan Fee will read about the topic of “in accordance Scheduled Caste standing to new individuals, who declare to have traditionally belonged to the Scheduled Castes, however have transformed to religions rather than the ones discussed within the Presidential Orders issued every now and then beneath Article 341 of the Charter”.

    Athawale mentioned that whilst Dalit Hindus got the SC standing in 1950, Sikhs had been lined in 1956. In 1990, the V P Singh executive accorded SC standing to Buddhists after calls for from the neighborhood. 
    Activists additionally indicate that whilst the former governments instituted a number of committees on this regard, no motion was once taken on this regard. The UPA executive beneath Manmohan Singh arrange the Ranganath Misra Fee in 2004 and the Rajinder Sachar Committee to inspect the social, financial, and academic standing of transformed Muslims in 2005.

    Although each the panels submitted reviews in favour of giving SC standing to the converts, it wasn’t approved by means of the Parliament. On the other hand, Athawale says that previous commissions haven’t given any transparent advice on this regard. “No revisions came about as a result of that. Now, the brand new committee will glance into the problems revolving round it. As soon as the document comes, the federal government will overview it,” he mentioned.

  • INTERVIEW | Now not handiest OBCs, all castes will have to be counted in census: Ramdas Athawale

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    The Centre remaining week gave an extension to a panel analyzing sub-categorization of Different Backward Categories (OBCs) for some other six months. That is the thirteenth extension since its formation in 2017. Former Leader Justice of the Delhi Prime Court docket G Rohini, thus, has time till January 31, 2023 for the big paintings.

    The call for for the sub-categorization stems from the truth that just a handful of overall OBC communities get a significant bite of the reserved jobs and seats in instructional institutes.

    In an interview to Preetha Nair, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale speaks in regards to the standing of the Rohini Fee and the will for a national caste census.

    Excerpts from the interview:

    The Fee’s tenure is prolonged till subsequent yr. Why is the document not on time?
    The Rohini Fee was once shaped by means of the Social Justice Ministry in 2017 to subcategorize round 5,000 sub-castes a few of the OBCs. It’s an onerous process to verify equitable distribution of advantages of reservation a few of the castes or communities within the class of Central record of OBCs. The fee remains to be finding out quite a lot of facets of it. Since this is a complicated matter, the fee has to seek the advice of states.

    The affect is that just a phase of prosperous OBCs will get a lion’s proportion of the advantages. Is the federal government cautious of dropping beef up of sure OBCs?
    I’m really not conscious about the findings of the Fee. As soon as its document is able, it must be mentioned with states. The suggestions additionally want the approval of the Cupboard. Although the panel’s preliminary mandate was once to inspect the distribution of reservation advantages on the Central degree, its phrases of reference have been expanded later. It isn’t a very simple activity.

    The BJP best friend JD-U will habits a caste-based census in Bihar. Your celebration, the RPI, too, has demanded a national caste census…
    I’ve at all times supported caste census. My celebration’s place is that now not handiest OBCs, all castes will have to be counted. This will likely supply transparent knowledge at the caste-based marginalization and deprivation. As soon as all castes are enumerated, we will formulate schemes for probably the most disadvantaged.

    Does the caste survey performed by means of states have any constitutional validity since Census is below Union Record?
    States can do surveys. Not like the Census, it’s now not legally certain. State governments are looking to enumerate the OBC inhabitants so that there’s equitable distribution of welfare schemes. Many NDA allies have demanded a caste-based census. The federal government will have to believe the call for. In Bihar, there are political compulsions.

    The Centre has dominated out a caste census, announcing caste-based enumeration isn’t possible.
    That’s the place of the federal government. My celebration has at all times stood for caste-based census. As an MP, I’ve raised the problem in Parliament again and again and demanded the federal government take a direct resolution. There are apprehensions that caste-based census will result in extra casteism. That’s now not the case.

    Why do you root for caste-based census?
    A caste census will assist determine the economically and socially disadvantaged sections. As soon as the knowledge is to be had, we will be able to design extra programmes for them. There’s a belief that OBC accounts for 52 consistent with cent of the full inhabitants. Alternatively, we wish to have a transparent estimate.

    Is there an apprehension of the repeat of Mandal politics if caste census is performed?
    When the Mandal Fee suggestions got here out, the overall class protested as a result of they felt that they’d lose out on reservations. Now that the NDA govt has equipped 10 consistent with cent reservation to the EWS, we shouldn’t be seeing such outrage.

  • Maharashtra CM will have to have resigned after BJP received 3 RS seats: Athawale

    “BJP has given a critical jolt to the Maha Vikas Aghadi. It’s any such jolt that Thackeray has no proper to stay in energy. When they’ve misplaced, they will have to have resigned on their very own,” he stated.