Former PCC President D Srinivas on Saturday assured the Muslims that the Congress Government would continue the reservation policy in future.
Addressing the fourth convention of PCC Minorities’ Department at Gandhi Bhavan here, Srinivas said that constitutional amendments would be brought in, if required, to continue the four per cent reservation for Muslims in the State in case the Supreme Court gives its verdict against the quota. He said that the credit for Muslim reservation goes only to the Muslim community and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. He said no other leader could claim credit for this policy which helped thousands of Muslims in the State.
Srinivas said that the Congress party lost power in 1994 due to the mistakes committed by the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. However, he said that Sonia Gandhi restored the confidence of Muslims on the Congress party and for the same reasons it could come to power in 2004 and 2009 elections. He expressed confidence that the Congress would return to power in 2014 elections with the support of minorities, especially Muslims.
Accusing the BJP of conspiring to divide the country on religious-lines, Srinivas said that religious hatred would be spread across the country like Gujarat if Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister. He said that all the secular forces in the country must join hands to stop the communal tirade of BJP.
PCC Minority Cell Chairman Md Sirajuddin, AICC Minority Cell Chairman Khursheed Ahmed Sayeed, PCC General Secretary and former minister Md Fareeduddin, Secunderabad MP M Anjan Kumar Yadav, MLAs Mastan Vali and Shahjahan Basha, PCC Secretary Yousuf Hashmi and other leaders participated in the meeting. (INN)