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PM should clarify stand on religion-based reservations: BJP
New Delhi, Jan 17 (UNI) Expressing concern over Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil favouring religion-based reservations, BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify the government's stand on the issue.
The BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Constitution did not allow such reservations but contradictory statements coming from important functionaries create doubts. The Prime Minister should clarify the matter.
The
BJP
was
totally
against
the
religion-based
reservations,
which
was
rightly
disallowed
by
the
Constitution
and
several
court
orders,
he
added
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Story first published: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 23:02 [IST]