The 124th Amendment to the Constitution, which would pave the way for the government's proposed 10 percent reservation for economically weaker sections of non-reserved categories, has been passed in the Lok Sabha. A vast majority of the parties in the Lok Sabha supported the Bill, even as many lashed out at its timing. "That is why the forefathers of our Constitution took social justice as a criteria and not economy as a criteria," he said. The DMK too had expressed opposition to the new quota. But since it doesn't have even a single member in the Lok Sabha, it is likely to add its dissent when the Bill moves to the Rajya Sabha.

Source: dna January 08, 2019 16:30 UTC