‘Order exposes BJP’s anti-quota mindset’
The Hindu
Selja slams new Haryana Govt. order
Attacking the Haryana Government over its notification regarding the creamy layer for the reservation of Backward Classes, Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja said the new norms would deprive the children of Group “D” government employees, farmers and skilled workers of the benefits of reservation. Also, the order did not adhere to the norms laid down by the Central Government.
Charging that it was an “attempt to re-publish the notifications cancelled by the Supreme Court”, Ms. Selja said that according to the new creamy layer norms notification, the annual income from all sources had been fixed at ₹6 lakh, taking away the right of reservation of children of Group “D” employees, farmers and others.
“It is not only against the law, but also different from the norms laid down by the Central Government on the guidelines of the Supreme Court judgment in the Indra Sawhney case, according to which the salary of socially backward employees and agricultural income of the farmers are not included in the annual income,” said Ms. Selja.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.