Karnataka: VHP Performance against Muslim Reserve on April 8

Bengaluru, April 5 (IANS). The Karnataka Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has announced a protest march against the state government’s decision to give 4 percent reservation in government contracts to the Muslim community. Deepak Raj Gopal, leader of the VHP, spoke to the media, and raised a serious objection to the government’s move, saying that this decision is a great injustice to the Hindu community of Karnataka. He said we all know that the current government has proposed 4 percent proviso to a specific community for all government contracts and services up to 2 crore in the state. This step is completely against the businesses of the Hindu community that are already working in the region. Take a discussion to any community only because it is a social and economic backward, a misleading and divisive step. There is economic backwardness in every community. These types of policies create more discrimination and inequality in society. He said that the Hindu community should get equal rights on the government contracts, and that any form of discrimination on the basis of religion was banned by the Constitution. He described this issue against the Indian Constitution and said that there was no such discrimination in the Constitution compiled by BabaSaheb Ambedkar. This decision shows an attempt to ignore the Hindu community and help a specific community. The Hindu community is also facing economic problems, and this is the time for the government to respect the rights of this community as well. At the same time, he asked the government to reconsider this decision and ensure equal opportunities for all communities, not just for some minority communities. We want the government to be just for every community, not for certain communities. He informed that VHP will hold peaceful protests across the state on April 8. On this day, VHP workers will demonstrate at the district centers and submit a memorandum to the district officer. This protest march will be conducted in a democratic way, in which we will send letters to all senior officials and register our protest before them. He further said that we had met the governor earlier on this issue, and he also expressed deep concerns about this issue. The governor said that this step had not been taken in any state before. We will demand the government to reconsider the decision by continuing this process. He further said that his purpose is not to protest against the government, but to ensure that all Indian citizens get equal rights and that no community gets special benefits. -Ians psk/abm shares this story tags