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Elders demand quota for dalits in private sector

NEW DELHI: The Left parties on Wednesday made a strong plea in the Rajya Sabha for a legislation to provide job reservation for dalits in the private sector.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Brinda Karat (CPI-M) said thousands of dalits were in the capital to press the demands against discrimination and for reservation in private sector jobs.

Asserting that politics was strengthening the caste system, she said the country could not be modern till the caste system was abolished. She sought a nodal agency to look at the demand for reservation for dalits in the private sector.

Associating himself with the demand, Communist Party of India leader D. Raja sought a legislation for enforcing job quota in the private sector. Thousands of dalits were sitting on a dharna in the capital to press their demand which should be urgently addressed by the United Progressive Alliance government, he said.

However, the time allowed to Mr Raja to make his point was objected to by members of the National Democratic Alliance, J.C. Panda (BJD), Rudra Narayan Pany and Ajay Maroo (both BJP) who sought the same “indulgence” from the Chairman Hamid Ansari. Mr Panda raised the matter of five Chief Ministers not getting appointment with the Prime Minister to discuss the proposed National Minerals Policy. Mr Pany raised the issue of the National Confederation of Public Sector Undertaking employees who are also on strike.

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