Lalu Yadav clarifies ‘Muslims should get reservation’ remark amid BJP backlash: ‘It's not religion based’

The erstwhile Bihar Chief Minister and RJD person Lalu Prasad Yadav, connected Tuesday, said, “The ground for preservation is social. Narendra Modi wants to decorativeness reservation. Religion tin not beryllium a ground for reservation. I americium elder to Narendra Modi. Third signifier of predetermination is going connected well. It is successful favour of Mahagathbandhan. We volition beryllium up connected each the 5 seats."

Earlier, RJD president Lalu Prasad said helium was successful favour of extending preservation benefits to Muslims. He alleged that the ruling BJP astatine the Centre wanted to bash distant with reservations by scrapping the Constitution.

"The BJP is against the proviso of reservations made successful the Constitution. Hence, it wants to bash distant with both", Prasad told reporters astatine the legislative assembly premises.

The BJP connected Tuesday charged astatine the RJD and INDIA bloc and said that if voted to power, the absorption confederation volition supply preservation to the number assemblage by making changes successful the Constitution's cardinal structure. 

"Lalu Prasad Yadav said that afloat preservation should beryllium provided to Muslims. This word, 'pura ka pura' (full), utilized by him successful his statement, is precise serious. This makes it wide that they (INDIA bloc) privation to supply preservation to Muslims from the stock of SCs, STs and OBCs," BJP nationalist spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said astatine the enactment headquartters successful Delhi.

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Published: 07 May 2024, 03:34 PM IST