NEW DELHI: On the concluding day of the three-day conclave in Nagaur, Rajasthan on Sunday, in a veiled reference to the recent Jat agitation, the RSS disapproved of reservation demands by the “affluent” sections and favoured a study to ascertain whether the deserving backward classes are actually getting the quota benefits.
Pitching for social harmony, the Sangh fountainhead said members of the “Hindu community are responsible” for caste-based discrimination and “we need to eradicate it” for social justice, regarding which he invoked B.R. Ambedkar.
Disapproving of demands for quota by “affluent” sections, RSS general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi said the provisions of reservation made by Bhimrao Ambedkar were for social justice and that concept should be kept in mind by those demanding reservation today.
“It is felt that this thinking (demand by affluent class) is not in the right direction. People of such (affluent) class should give up their right and should help the weaker sections of the society. But instead of that, they are demanding reservation for themselves,” he said.
