Job reservation for minorities opposed in TN

Chennai The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP on Thursday vehemently opposed any job reservation for minorities in state government.

BJP state President C. .P Radhakrishnan said that such a proposal was 'unconstitutional'.

On the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's remarks on reservation for Muslims, he said the state government at any cost should not contemplate such a move.

Criticising the DMK president M. Karunanidhi?s remark that minorities would be provided with reservation if Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) came to power, Radhakrishnan said it was with an eye on the minority vote bank.

However, he said that the reservation for minorities was 'betrayal' of the interests of Dalits and backward classes, who had been suppressed for long, due to caste system in the Hindu religion.