JOIN US Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said there was need for reservation for backward communities in the private sector too.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a seminar on problems faced by backward communities, Siddaramaiah said that following globalisation and liberalisation, the job market in the private sector had increased dramatically. However, the same was not the case with the public sector.
Hence there was a need for reservation in the private sector too, he said, seeking policy changes. He favoured res-ervation for women and for politicians of backward communities in Parliament and legislatures. He said women should be given 50% quota, as they too had been subjugated like backward communities.
Siddaramaiah said that it was ironic that people of the backward communities themselves had opposed the implementation of the recommend-ations of Mandal Commission, while the dalit communities had fought for it. “Political inequality has been there for ce-nturies due to caste system.
P-eople from lower castes form a majority. However, people from backward communities and women from upper castes have been deprived of educat-ion. Some vested interests are still depriving these two classes from the benefits of education,” he added.
Taking a dig at predictions made by astrologers, he said that many had predicted that he would not continue as chief minister. He added that he would present two more budgets and complete his term.