BJP tampering with reservation, bypassing the constitutional system: Swami Prasad Maurya

The BJP is the Indian British, and follows the policy of divide and rule, says former U.P. Minister

In an interview with The Hindu, , senior OBC leader who recently quit the BJP and joined the SP, slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for tampering with reservation policy and says they have gathered all the scattered forces under the SP to wipe out the BJP, which has become an enemy of the Dalit, poor, backwards and workers. Excerpts:

When I resigned from the BSP and joined the BJP, a big support base, especially from the most-backward and Dalit communities, flocked to the BJP. The BSP fell to the third spot and the BJP jumped to number one and formed a full majority government. In public meetings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed his pain that he had been called neech (lowly) because he was born in a pichdi jati (backward caste). This was the biggest reason for me joining the BJP. But when the government was formed and I got a chance to be a part of it, I found that the BJP does exactly the opposite of what it claims. They crossed all limits when they started tampering with reservation and started filling seats meant for reserved categories with people from general categories, bypassing the constitutional system and arbitrarily. In the appointment of 69,000 teachers, in 19,000 reserved seats they handed appointment letters to applicants from the general category. The National Commission for Backward Classes took cognisance and sent a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. For two-three months, the report was kept in a cold basket but later under pressure they formed a scanning committee which admitted that general category applicants had been appointed in 6,000 and not 19,000 such seats. Despite this, the appointments went through. Then, the Cabinet passed a proposal saying that posts, where OBC, SC and ST candidates were not available, would be filled with general categories. Despite me opposing this in the meeting, which Yogi Adityanath agreed with, it was implemented and general category applicants were appointed in medical colleges and universities in large numbers.