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Article: Government mulls including muslims in OBC list ; Should Muslims be considered a part of Other Backward Classes (OBC)? Or should reservation be made separately for the community?
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- Business Today
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- September 20, 2009
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Should Muslims be considered a part of Other Backward Classes
(OBC)? Or should reservation be made separately for the community?
In his proposal on reservations for Muslims, Union Minister for
Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid has recently submitted both these
options.
Though it is not on the government's 100-day agenda, the
politicallysensitive issue is part of the Congress Party's
manifesto.
Khurshid personally feels the first option, drawn from the Kerala
and Karnataka models of reservations, would work better. "Your
competition then will only be with the other backward classes, he
explains, adding: "You give them reservation as a minority and their
competition will be with the ...