New Delhi: Mulayam Singh Yadav, supremo of Samajwadi party said outside Parliament, “Seventeen backward castes including Kewat, Malha, Kumhar, Rajbhar in Uttar Pradesh should be included in the SC list as they are very poor.”
SC supremo said, “Their economic condition is deteriorating day by day and we are trying for the last 15 years to include them in the SC list. If they are included in the list they will be entitled to get certain benefits.”
Mayawati said, “We have written to the Centre to include these 17 backward castes in the SC list which will benefit them economically.”
BSP chief Mayawati sought CS status for backward castes just after Mulayam Singh gave statement.
Meanwhile both BSP and SP accused each other of not doing enough to make these castes included in the SC list.
Mayawati claimed that SP did more damage to their cause by including them in the SC list at the state level which was challenged in the court however Mulayam Singh said that BSP is not supporting the move.
Mayawati said, “It was supposed to be done by the Centre and since SP government did it at the state level, it was challenged at the court. As a result these poor people were denied any benefit.”
Bureau Report
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