If Government institutions are privatised, who will provide quota: Akhilesh
The Hindu
SP chief says BJP Governments have sold off both airports and planes
If Government institutions are sold and privatised, who will provide reservation and where will government jobs come from, asked on Thursday. He was addressing a rally in Lucknow organised by his OBC ally, which claims a support base among the Chauhan caste.
Putting up a show of strength at the Ramabai grounds in Lucknow, Mr. Yadav took a dig at the foundation laying ceremony of a by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the Government planned to sell off the airport once it was ready. The BJP Governments had sold off both airports as well as planes, he said, launching an attack on the privatisation spree under the BJP rule.
Mr. Yadav also evoked Dr. B.R Ambedkar to raise concerns over the dilution of rights of the OBCs and Dalits, who together form over 60-65% of the State’s population.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.