Sunday, May 16, 2010

Cast based headcount needed

The people who were backward in socially and educationally must joint together for maintaining social equality. A caste-based headcount in the next round of national census to determine the relative strengths of different castes. The Ezhavas constituted 29 per cent of the population. The Nairs and the Christians, who were far fewer than the Ezhavas, grabbed a much higher share of government jobs and educational opportunities.
The Backward Class (BC) quota in the 50 percent reservation for women in the coming panchayat and municipal elections. The State Assembly had recently made a law to reserve a half of all elected positions in Panchayati Raj institutions to women. .Kerala will go for the five-yearly panchayat elections this year. We Demand BC quota within 50% women’s reservation  It also sought community reservation, on the basis of the share of population, in all private companies.
The government to set up a high-power committee to monitor the implementation of reservation for the Backward Classes. This was necessary because reservation norms were widely flouted and the reserved communities were being cheated of their share in government jobs and educational institutions.
Members from many parties, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party, have forwarded their demand for including caste count in 2011 census.
The opposition members continued to create a ruckus in parliament over their demand for a caste-based census, Law Minister Veerappa Moily too came out in support of such a measure.