To

Respected Sir,

Sub. :  Demand to table Ranganath Mishra commission's report in the Parliament in this session and to implement it's recommendations.

As has been brought out by the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s High level Sachar Committee the socio - economic condition of Minorities, particularly that of Muslims, ever since independence, has been continuously deteriorating.  Condition of Muslims in certain aspects was now comparable with those of Schedule Castes.

Ranganath Mishra Commission in its report submitted to the central government, in the year 2007, has made the following recommendations for the upliftment of the Socio-Economic condition of the minorities.

 Reservation in Government Employment

“Since the minorities – especially the Muslim – are very much under – represented, and sometimes wholly unrepresented, in government employment, we recommend that they should be regarded as backward in this respect within the meaning of that term as used in Article 16 (4) of the Constitution. And that 15 percent of posts in all cadres and grades under the Central and State Governments should be earmarked for them as follows:
(a)       The break up within the recommended 15 percent shall be 10 percent for the Muslims and the remaining 5 percent for the other minorities.
(b)       Minor Adjustment inter se can be made within the 15 percent earmarked seats”.

 Educational Measures

“At least 15 percent seats in all non-minority educational institutions should be earmarked by law for the minorities as follows:
      The break up within the recommended 15 percent earmarked seats in institutions shall be 10 percent for the Muslims and the remaining 5 percent for the other minorities”.

Economic Measures

“A 15 percent share be earmarked for the minorities – with a break up of 10 percent for the Muslims and 5 percent for the other minorities in all government schemes like Rural Employment Generation Programme, Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojna, Grameen Rozgar Yojna, etc. “

Schedule Caste Status for Schedule Caste Muslims and Schedule Caste Christians

“The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 – which originally restricted the Scheduled Caste net to the Hindus and later opened it to Sikhs and Buddhists, thus still excluding from its purview the Muslims, Christians, Jains and Parsis, etc, - should be wholly deleted by appropriate action so as to completely de-link the Scheduled Caste status from religion and make the Scheduled Castes net fully religion neutral like that of the Scheduled Tribes”.

Lok Jan Shakti Party demands that the Ranganath Mishra Commission's report should be tabled in Parliament in this session and its’ recommendations implemented, failing which, the Party would launch a mass movement and Gherao the Parliament during it's next budget session.

            Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

(Abdul Khaliq)
Secretary General