Veeramani questions RSS “newfound liking” for reservation

CHENNAI: Dravidar Kazhagam president K Veeramani on Monday questioned RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat's "newfound liking" for reservation and said that the RSS was adopting a new strategy after realizing that it cannot secure votes by making poll promises it cannot fulfil.

Criticizing the RSS chief's statement supporting reservation to undo the caste based injustice meted out to OBCs and SC/STs for 2,000 years, Veeramani said that the RSS has realized that it cannot secure votes by making promises it cannot fulfil.

"RSS requires a new strategy because it is realizing daily that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not help us secure votes. Social justice wave, Mandal wave has started sweeping across the country. The days of the saffron party in power are numbered.

Perhaps, Mohan Bhagawat, who shapes the policy of the ruling BJP, is attempting to sport the social justice mask at the eleventh hour, " said Veeramani in a statement.

"If the RSS or the saffron brigade want to prove me wrong, they must do two things. Will they implement reservation in High Courts and Supreme Courts? Let them promulgate an ordinance and suitably amend the Constitution to implement the existing reservation policy in appointment of judges for the High Courts and the Supreme Court.

Let the union government also constitute a social justice monitoring committee like the Tamil Nadu government to study the compliance with OBCs and SC/STs reservation norms in all its departments and ensure that the positions are filled accordingly, " the Dravidar Kazhagam president added.