New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Members of the SC and ST community will enjoy the benefit of reservation in the Lok Sabha and Assemblies for another 10 years, though the Government decided not to extend the same existing privilege to the Anglo-Indian community.
The Lok Sabha passed a Constitution amendment bill in on Tuesday. The Opposition slammed the Government for not extending the benefit to the Anglo-India community.
Replying to the concerns of the MPs, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said as per the correct definition and latest Census, as of now, there are only 296 members of the Anglo-Indian community, with a maximum of 124 in Kerala.
However, he said the doors are not shut and the matter to grant Anglo-Indians nomination would be conside...