“Interest groups are formed because we have certain aspirations in democracy. At the same time, we should remember that through interest groups, we should not strive to address those aspirations at the cost of others.
“We should have integral approach of welfare for all. It is sensible to realise that my interest lies in larger national interest. Government also has to be sensitive to these issues that there should not be any agitations for them,” Mr Bhagwat told Sangh mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ and ‘Panchjanya’ in an interview on Sunday.
The 65-year-old pitched for the creation of a committee with representatives from the civil society to study the issue.
“We believe, form a committee of people genuinely concerned for the interest of the whole nation and committed for social equality, including some representatives from the society. They should decide which categories require reservation and for how long.
“The non-political committee like autonomous commissions should be the implementation authority; political authorities should supervise them for honesty and integrity,” he said.
Arguing that the policy of reservations based on social backwardness being extended now is not in line with what the makers of the Indian Constitution had in mind, the RSS chief argued that had quotas been implemented as per the vision of the makers of the Constitution, questions on the issue would not have surfaced.
“If we would have implemented this policy as envisaged by the Constitution makers instead of doing politics over it, then present situation would not have arrived. Since inception it has been politicised,” he said.
Mr Bhagwat’s remarks come days after violent protests by the Patel community in Gujarat who are demanding a share in the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government jobs and educational institutions.
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