Ranganath report to be implemented after talks: Khurshid

The govt dropped broad hints at the fate awaiting the Ranganath report which has suggested 15 pct reservation for minorities.

The government on Tuesday dropped broad hints at the fate awaiting the Ranganath Misra Commission report which has suggested 15 per cent reservation for minorities besides Scheduled Caste status for Dalit Muslims and Christians with Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid pointing out that every recommendation could not be accepted.

Days after tabling the report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities in Parliament,Khurshid indicated that the UPA government would weigh all options and take its own time before arriving at a decision on whether to implement the report,which could upset the existing quota equations.

This is a matter of great seriousness but also of great sensitivity. We have to consult widely and this is what we are going to do, he said. Several Muslim and Christian outfits have begun a clamour for implementation of the report while there is no consensus at the political level with the BJP rubbishing the suggestions.

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Khurshid said the government was serious about the report but made it clear that it could only accept such recommendations that are sensible.

Meanwhile,the Minority Ministry launched the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship for atudents from minority communities and started a project for computerisation of records of state wakf boards. The fellowship,to be implemented by UGC,will help 756 students annually to pursue MPhil and PhD degrees.

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