23 Jun 2024| 05:43am ISTMission for Political Reservation presses demand for ST quotaAsks Union govt to fulfil demand guaranteed to Scheduled Tribes communities during 2024 Lok Sabha polls; knock at door of Opposition to pressurise ruling dispensation; say political reservation was also their agenda tooTeam HeraldPANJIM: The Mission for Political Reservation on Saturday demanded that BJP-led NDA government introduce a bill in Parliament to reserve seats for Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities in Goa and if not to bring an Ordinance so that process is started on immediate basis. The Mission for Political Reservation also demanded that the opposition parties i.e.India Bloc should put pressure on the ruling dispensation since political reservation was also their agenda too during the recently held Lok Sabha elections. Mission for Political Reservation President Adv John Fernandes said that the Union government should fulfil the demand of political reservation guaranteed to STcommunities during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. This will further delay as the procedure involved was lengthy and because of which the Scheduled Tribes of Goa might not even get the reservation in the Assembly elections due in 2027. He reiterated his demand to drop the said provision.

Source: The Herald June 22, 2024 20:02 UTC