SC not against OBC quota per se: Cong

New Delhi, Mar 29 (UNI) Seeking to play down the Supreme Court stay against quota for OBC students in education, the Congress today expressed the hope that the government would be able to deal with the situation and implement the reservation policy.

The apex court had only passed an interim order and had not expressed itself against reservation in principle, party spokesman Abishek Singhvi told reporters.

The court order was only on the count of untenable data basis for determining the 27 per cent quota for OBCs, Mr Singhvi said.

Now it was for the government to take the right step, he said and expressed the hope that the issue would be resolved to the satisfaction of all.

UNI