UP CM demanded reservation benefits for Muslims

LUKNOW: On Saturday Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding reservation for the Muslims.

Mayawati said in her letter that Muslims need reservation as they are socially backward, and therefore require “special attention”.

“If necessary, for providing the benefits of reservation to the Muslims, the government should make amendments in the constitution for which the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will extend all support to the central government,” Mayawati said in her letter.

Mayawati also referred to the Sachar Committee report, while demanding the reservation.

She also said, “Recommendations of the Sachar Committee must be implemented for raising the socio-economic standards of Muslims, whose are most backward among the minorities.”