UPA’s quota quandary

Bowing to the pressure tactics of BSP supremo Mayawati, the UPA government has set the ball rolling for a provision for reservation for SC/ST employees in promotions. However, getting the Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012 passed in both Houses of Parliament would only be the beginning of the process to undo the April 27 decision of the Supreme Court through which it had set aside reservation in promotions provided by the previous Mayawati-led government in Uttar Pradesh on the ground that the same did not fulfil the criteria laid down by the apex court in N Nagaraj versus Union of India.

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