Lateral entry attack on Dalits, OBCs, adivasis: Rahul Gandhi

Upping the ante over the lateral entry issue the Congress on Monday accused the BJP of snatching reserveration and handing out posts meant for SCs STs OBCs and EWS to people of the RSSCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that while his partyled government had brought in lateral entry to appoint select specialists and experts in some sectorspecific posts as per their utility the Modi government has made provision for it to snatch the rights of Dalits tribals and backward classesLeader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged that the governments move of recruiting public servants through lateral entry was an attack on Dalits OBCs and Adivasis He accused the BJP of seeking to snatch reservations from bahujansThe Congress has strongly criticised the government after the Union Public Service Commission UPSC on Saturday issued a notification for recruiting 45 joint secretaries directors and deputy secretaries through lateral entry referred to as the appointment of specialists including those from the private sector in government departmentsLateral entry is an attack on Dalits OBCs and adivasis Gandhi said on XThe BJPs distorted version of Ram Rajya seeks to destroy the Constitution and snatch reservations from Bahujan the former Congress chief saidIn a post in Hindi on X Kharge said Why is the provision of lateral entry by the Modi government an attack on the Constitution Instead of filling jobs in government departments the BJP has eliminated 51 lakh posts in the last 10 years by selling the share of the Government of India in PSUs alone Casual and contractual recruitment has increased by 91 per cent he claimed Posts for SCs STs and OBCs decreased by 13 lakh by 202223 he allegedWe had brought lateral entry to appoint select specialists and experts in some sectorspecific posts as per their utility But the Modi government has made provision of lateral entry not to appoint experts in the government but to snatch the rights of Dalits tribals and backward classes Kharge saidSC ST OBC EWS posts will now be given to people of the RSS This is BJPs Chakravyuh to change the Constitution by snatching reservation the Congress president allegedGovernment sources have said the concept of lateral entry was first introduced under the Congressled UPA regime and was strongly endorsed by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission established by it in 2005Also Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said the Congress criticism of the lateral entry system in senior bureaucracy shows its hypocrisy and asserted the BJPled NDA government has created a transparent method to implement the concept developed by the UPA dispensationIn a post in Hindi on X on Sunday Gandhi had termed the governments move of recruiting public servants through lateral entry an antinational step alleging that the reservation for SCs STs and OBCs is being openly snatched away by such an actionReservation of SC ST and OBC classes is being openly snatched away by recruiting through lateral entry on important posts in various ministries of the central government Gandhi had saidThe INDIA bloc will strongly oppose this antinational step that hurts both the administrative structure and social justice Gandhi had saidPrivatisation of the IAS is Modis guarantee for ending reservation he had saidThis 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