"Befitting reply to BJP's reservation conspiracy": Rahul Gandhi slams party over Allahabad HC's directive on UP teachers' selection

New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Following the Allahabad High Court's directive to prepare a fresh selection list for the appointment of 69,000 assistant teachers in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has strongly criticized the BJP government, accusing it of undermining the reservation system and jeopardizing the future of deserving candidates.
In a statement shared on social media platform X, Gandhi hailed the court's decision as a "befitting reply" to what he termed as the conspiracy of the BJP government, playing with the reservation system".
He asserted that the ruling is not only a victory for the thousands of youth who have been protesting for justice over the past five years but also for every individual fighting for social justice.
"This is not only the victory of thousands of youth like Amit Maurya who have been continuously fighting on the roads in winter, summer, and rain for the last 5 years, but also the victory of every warrior fighting for social justice," Gandhi posted.
"BJP's stubbornness to snatch away reservation has pushed the future of hundreds of innocent candidates into darkness. After wasting five years of hardships, those who will get jobs through the new list and those whose names may now be removed from the selected list, the BJP is the only culprit for both," he added.
Taking potshots at the BJP, Gandhi stated that the party is "forcing those who 'study' to 'fight', is truly the enemy of the youth.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also mentioned a post from February, which stated, "UP's 69,000 teacher recruitment scam is proof of BJP's anti-reservation mentality. By ignoring the Basic Education Rules, 1981 and Reservation Rules, 1994, the BJP government snatched the rights of Dalits and backward classes from them. The aggrieved students met me and told me that in this recruitment, the OBC category got only 3.86% reservation instead of 27% and the SC category got only 16.6% reservation instead of 21%. This irregularity is related to about 19 thousand posts and not preparing the original list brings the entire recruitment process under suspicion."
"The 6,800 candidates whose list was released after the report of the National Backward Classes Commission are also struggling for appointment for the last two years. Tampering with the reservation process is a serious issue. I support these youth who are fighting for their rights, this entire matter should be investigated and they should get justice," he wrote on X. (ANI)