I oppose EWS quota as it's exclusionary: Karti Chidambaram differs with Congress

Taking a view divergent from his party Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Wednesday said he was opposed to the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections EWS as it was exclusionaryHe also welcomed the DMKs decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its verdict on the quotaThe Supreme Court on Monday had upheld by a 32 majority the 10 per cent quota for the EWS in educational institutions and government jobs saying it was not discriminatory and did not violate the basic structure of the ConstitutionThe Congress had welcomed the Supreme Court verdict and said the amendment providing for it was the result of a process initiated by the Manmohan Singh governmentTaking to Twitter Chidambaram said I oppose EWS Quota as its exclusionary and not all inclusiveAlso read Man detained for throwing eggs at King Charles Queen Consort Camilla in UKIf Economic criteria is applied it cannot exclude people based on caste this is my fundamental objection to EWS Quota the Lok Sabha MP from Sivaganga said in another tweetTagging a tweet by a DMK officebearer who said his party would file a review petition Chidambaram said he welcomes the initiativeOn Monday when the judgement had come he had tweeted Todays SC judgement on the EWS quota excludes many from accessing the quota on economic grounds A 32 split judgement indicates contrasting viewpoints that need to be addressed The criteria of EWS is also arbitrary The judgement doesnt aid in true economicsocial upliftOn Tuesday Karti Chidambarams father and Congress Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram had noted that the judgement was in two partsPart I All five Honourable judges agreed that a new reservation can be carved out applying economic criteria Part II The Court was divided 32 on the question of excluding the OBC SC and ST from the new category of poor P Chidambaram had saidThe powerful dissent of the two Honourable judges underlined the truth that the basic structure of the Indian Constitution did not permit exclusion There are poor among all castes and communities The moot question is will the poor be treated equally under the Constitution he had saidP Chidambaram had said he is sure that the Supreme Court will be petitioned to revisit the issue on which the judges were dividedTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said the Supreme Court judgment was a setback to the centurylong social justice struggleRecalling the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagams legal struggle against the reservation system brought by the central government Stalin said Todays judgment in this case should be considered as a setback in the centurylong struggle for social justiceEchoing similar views another Tamil Nadu Congress MP Jothimani had also called the Supreme Court judgment a major setback to the struggle for social justiceWhile Chief Justice U U Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat dissented from the majority opinion that upheld the 103rd Constitution amendment of 2019 Justice Dinesh Maheshwari said use of basic structure doctrine as a sword to stultify the effort to do economic justice cannot be countenancedJustice Bhat who pronounced the minority verdict said the EWS quota on the ground of economic criteria was per se not violative but struck down the amendment due to the exclusion of poor among the SCSTOBC categories from its ambit People with less than Rs 8 lakh gross annual family income are eligible for the EWS quotaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever