New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): With the battle lines being drawn to conquer the throne of Lucknow, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expressed confidence that his party would win the majority in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
"The Samajwadi Party will come with full majority in Uttar Pradesh this time," he told the media here.
To a poser on the Congress claiming that 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities will remain operative, and that there was nothing wrong with the notification as it was made well before the model code of conduct came into force, Mulayam Singh Yadav said: "The Congress thinks about profit and loss, not we. We had earlier recruited 15 percentage of Muslims. The Congress has ruled the country for years, and it never permitted more than 1-1.5 percent Muslims from being recruited."
Congress Party on Thursday vowed to implement the proposed reservation for minority communities following the conclusion of upcoming assembly polls in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur.
"The Election Commission is an independent, constitutional body. Its main duty is to ensure the conduct of free and fair elections. We do not comment on the decisions taken by the Election Commission while discharging its duties. The government had proposed to implement a reservation for minority communities before the polls were announced," said Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi.
"The Election Commission can only prohibit the implementation of minority reservation for two months, that is, till the polls are over. After the elections, the government will definitely implement reservation to the minorities," he added.
Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid had earlier promised to raise the minority reservation as against the existing quota of 4.5 percent reserved for groups bracketed under other backward classes, if his party is elected to power in Uttar Pradesh.
The Election Commission had on Wednesday asked the government to put on hold its decision on 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in five poll-bound states till election process ends there as a controversy raged over the issue.
"It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that the Central Government has carved out 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities from within 27 per cent quota for OBCs in violation of the Model Code of Conduct and should be stopped by the Commission," said the Election Commission in a statement. (ANI)
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