Uttar Pradesh Election-2012 & Political Drama On Muslim Quota In Reservation With Other Backward Cast

The largest state with largest population in India is Uttar Pradesh General election will be held in seven phases on 8,11,15,19,23,28 February and 3 March.The result will be announced on 6 March.The political game is started with almost all parties either national or regional politics.The Election Commission of India(ECI)has already imposed election charters to all political parties and individuals.

One of the major agenda of this UP election is Muslim quota orreservation for Muslim.Due to concern of this agenda all parties have stated their own view in connection with this matter.

1.Congress stands:-

Union Law Minister and Congress leader has commitmented of 9 percent Muslim quota in jobs in Uttar Pradesh under the backward class category if elected to power in the state.But The Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said the comment was made by Khurshid in individual capacity and not by Congress party. 

2.Samajwadi Party stands:-

On the other hand the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav,who has a big Muslim vote bank,went a step ahead to say:"The government is betraying the minorities.Minority reservation quota should be 18% instead of 4.5% that Congress tabled,this is too little.
3.CPI-M stands:-

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yetchury had demanded 15% of reservation for minorities that was referred by the Ranganath Mishra Committee.
4.BJP stands:-

The BJP Leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqbi says in an interview with NDTV that the party doesn't allow the reservation system on Muslim which will brings another partition in the country. Charging the Congress with playing "dirty politics"for petty political gains in Uttar Pradesh. 

5.Bahujan Samaj Party stands:- 

The Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)leads by Kumari Mayawati has promised to the Muslim voters on the issue of quota system that the party will take necessary steps for 9% for Muslim under OBC ground.

Election Commission Fires:-

Meanwhile,Slapped a notice by the ECI to explain Union Law Miniter's remark that if elected to power Congress would provide nine percentreservation for Muslims in jobs in Uttar Pradesh,Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid earlier had said he was only uttering what was in the manifesto.He said while opposition leaders like Mulayam Singh demanded 18 percent and even 28 percent he only said what they had come up after survey when he was at helm in UP and had followed at the center.Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections,political parties are in a race to outdo each other over wooing the minority and Congress courted a fresh controversy when Salman Khurshid promised nine percent sub-quota for the backward Muslims in the state jobs on Sunday last.The ECI,which was moved by parties like the BJP over the issue, has issued a notice of Khurshid and his wife over the remark. 

Eye Wishers Conclusion on Muslim Reservation:-

Before the announcement of poll dates in Uttar Pradesh,the Congress had played its Muslim card as the union cabinet announced a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for the minorities under the 27 per cent quota reservationfor Other Backward Classes(OBCs).With Muslims forming a major chunk of the vote bank (18.5 percent)in Uttar Pradesh,the political parties are in a battle to woo the community with promises and sops. This election definitely is a major sit back for Congress,SP,BSP and BJP as all are power hungry in this largest state in India.