Patna: Congress' decision of carving out a sub-quota for minorities withing the OBCs' 27 per cent quota will "bolster" Hindutva forces and break the social cohesion between OBCs and minorities, the JD(U) claimed on Friday.
National spokesman of JD(U), a key NDA ally, Shivanand Tiwari on Friday termed the Congress' proposed move as "unfortunate".
He was reacting to the Centre's decision to carve out a sub-quota of 4.5 per cent for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs.
"What have you (the Congress) done, you don't know really... the Congress has played a role to help bolster the strength of Hindutva and demolish the social alliance between the OBCs and minorities continuing ever since BJP leader LK Advani embarked on a rath yatra on the Ayodhya issue," Tiwari said.
"We were the real forces to check the rise of Hindutva after Mandal Commission and the social alliance between the OBCs and minorities came in handy at that time to stop the forces of Hindutva from raising their ugly heads," Tiwari said.
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