How FDI Bill linked to one on quota in promotions

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PranabDhalSamanta: Nov 26 2012, 00:55 IST

Sometime in the course of the past few noisy days in Parliament, senior Congress leader Karan Singh quietly conveyed his decision to step down from the Rajya Sabha Ethics Committee. His resignation letter, ending his eight-year stint, stated that it should be considered effective only from December 1. None of this would be that significant had it not been for the fact that Mulayam Singh Yadav’s brother Ram Gopal Yadav is tipped to take over from Singh on December 2.

For starters, the SP leader would get a big room in Parliament. But more importantly, it would lend some stature to the party’s overall profile. At least that is what the Congress hopes as it looks to broker a way out of the imbroglio over the Bill on SC/ST reservations in promotions in the Rajya Sabha. Believe it or not, resolving this issue in the Upper House holds key to ending the stalemate over FDI in retail in the Lok Sabha.

The SP is learnt to have conveyed to the Congress that it cannot count on its vote or it abstaining in case of a debate under Rule 184 on FDI in the LS if the Bill on reservations is passed in the RS. The BSP is on the other side of the divide, except that it has neither conveyed a threat nor given a firm assurance of support. Chances are that if a debate were to happen on the Bill, the BSP will side on FDI in retail with the Congress.

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agnelo | 26-Nov-2012Reply | Forward

why after so many years post independance do we still require reservations for thsi & that? reservations are for the poor & economically backward so that the can come up in life. a person from the reserved class avails of reservation, get a job, marries, has children, has gradnchildren, so on & so forth. even after he holds a high goverment post, his children still can avail of the reservations which they do not need. the people who actually require to avail of reservation are left out as the post is conered by those in office. reservations should not be allowed after two generations.