“Discrimination is happening with the families of PDA”: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that the BJP is working against the basic value of reservation and discrimination is happening with the families of PDA (Picchda, Dalit and Alpasankhyak).

“The BJP is working against the basic value of reservation. Discrimination is happening with the families of PDA (Picchda, Dalit and Alpasankhyak). There is no representation from the families of PDA in the vice-chancellors appointed from Delhi and UP. There is no representation from families of PDA in Central universities of Delhi,” Yadav said.

“Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University have given jobs to less than 15 per cent of PDA families. The present government is not in favour of reservation,” he added.

Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc will hold a demonstration inside Parliament premises on Monday, July 1, against the central government over the alleged misuse of central agencies, including the Directorate of Enforcement and the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, in a press conference held on Sunday, announced the decision of the alliance parties to protest against the central government.

“The parties of the INDIA bloc had unanimously decided that we will protest against the misuse of ED and CBI in the Parliament premises tomorrow at 10.30 am,” Singh said while addressing the press conference in AAP headquarters in Delhi on Sunday.

The AAP legislator also alleged that the central government directed the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, adding that the ED has no evidence against the party chief in the excise policy case.

On July 29, the Delhi Court sent CM Kejriwal to judicial custody until July 12 in connection with the ongoing probe into the excise policy case.