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By Our Special Correspondent
CHENNAI, SEPT. 9. The Union Minister for Fertilizers, Chemicals, Iron and Steel, Ramvilas Paswan, today said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government was determined to bring in legislation to ensure reservation in the private sector. Participating in a conference on the policy of preferential participation in development here, he said nobody could stop the Government's move, as it became necessary with diminishing job opportunities in the public sector owing to privatisation. Private sector units received huge financial assistance from the Government but they were opposing reservation, Mr. Paswan said. Though only a small percentage of jobs was available in the organised private sector, employment opportunity was denied to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Backward Classes (BC), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and minorities on the ground of "merit and qualification". Reservation in the private sector should be implemented as 90 per cent of Dalits in the agricultural sector remained landless. The SC, ST and BC had no place in trade and business, he said. "I can assure you that the UPA Government and its Common Minimum Programme are committed to bringing in the Bill to extend reservation to the private sector. It may take time but we will see that is passed in Parliament to pave the way for a new era".
`Change mindset'
Calling for a change in the people's mindset to end gender bias, Mr. Paswan said the Women's Reservation Bill ensuring an internal quota for the Dalits, BCs, OBCs and minorities should be passed. He supported the demand for reservation for Christian and Muslim Dalit converts. "We should fight for reservation for the minorities in every State and at the national level too." The Minister flayed private institutions which denied admission to eligible candidates, who came under the reservation category, apart from poor students belonging to upper castes, only to allot the seats to candidates who could afford, after collecting a huge capitation fee.
Movement launched
The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder, S. Ramadoss, inaugurated the Movement for the Right to Preferential Participation (MRPP). It was not meant for the advantage of any particular section but it would strive for the country's overall socio-economic development, he said. Progress would be possible only if an overwhelming majority from the SC, ST, MBC, BC and minorities, who constituted 90 per cent of the population, participated in industry, commerce and domestic production, Dr. Ramadoss said. The PMK president, G.K. Mani, said the MRPP should spread to other parts of the country. L.Jawahar Nesan, founder, Educated Chamber, said the policy of preferential participation in development should be given the constitutional status. S.G. Sekaran, president, Educated Chamber, Malaysia; and N.Sethuraman, chief of the All-India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam, supported the MRPP. The meet adopted a resolution highlighting the importance of providing a constitutional guarantee to the right to preferential participation in development.
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