'Due caution not exercised on reservation by UPA'
New
Delhi,
Mar
29:
Affirming
its
commitment
to
reservation
for
SC,
ST,
OBCs
and
economically
backward
sections
of
society
with
due
recognition
for
merit,
the
BJP
today
alleged
that
the
UPA
Government
had
not
taken
due
caution
or
done
proper
home
work
before
the
Supreme
Court.
Commenting
on
the
Apex
Court
staying
27
per
cent
reservation
for
the
OBCs
in
Centrally
run
higher
professional
educational
institutions
like
IITs,
IIMs
and
Post
Graduate
Medical
Sciences,
BJP
Spokesman
Ravi
Shankar
Prasad
and
Prakash
Javadekar
said
it
was
evident
from
the
Court's
order
that
the
government
had
messed
up
the
case
by
a
half-hearted
attempt
to
state
its
position
before
the
Judiciary.
Mr
Prasad
said
the
BJP
supported
the
reservation
principle
but
the
government
had
failed
miserably
to
convince
the
Court
with
adequate
homework
and
exercise
of
caution.
Reservation
as
an
issue
had
the
sanction
of
the
Constitution,
the
country
and
the
Parliament
but
the
failure
of
the
government
was
obvious.
The
bench
comprising
Justices
Arijit
Pasayat
and
Lokeshwar
Singh
Panta
stayed,
till
further
orders,
the
operation
of
government
notification
on
the
ground
that
the
government
had
failed
to
provide
any
authentic
and
reliable
data
to
justify
its
reservation
policy.
The
next
hearing
has
been
fixed
in
the
third
week
of
August.
UNI