Constitution does not permit quota on basis of religion: Shah
New Delhi, April 17 -- Muslims will not be given reservation on the basis of religion as such a quota would be unconstitutional, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, while taking a swipe at opposition Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha during the special session that saw the introduction of three bills for amendment of the women's quota law and to set up a delimitation commission.
Shah also said a caste census will be carried out along with population enumeration during the ongoing census exercise, which started on April 1.
"The question of providing reservation to Muslim women on the basis of religion does not even arise. Our Constitution does not allow at all to give reservation on the basis of religion," Shah said. "I want to ma...
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