Bihar Assembly ratifies bill to extend SC/ST quota by 10 Years

Patna, January 13: Bihar Assembly unanimously ratified bill extending quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha and State assemblies by 10 years. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said, reservation is mandatory for the development of Dalit communities.

 

The Punjab Assembly will hold a Special Session on January 16-17 for ratification of the Constitution (126th Amendment) Bill 2019, for extending SC/ST quota, excluding anglo-Indians, in the House by another 10 years, and to take up any other important business.

The Assemblies of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in their special one-day session ratified the bill that extends reservation for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another 10 years. Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur moved a resolution to this effect in the special session of the state Assembly after Governor, Bandaru Dattatraya’s address, asking members of the House to discuss the issue.

Goa Assembly ratified the constitutional amendment bill that extends reservations to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies by another 10 years. While Chief Minister tabled the constitutional amendment bill which was unanimously passed by the House, Speaker Rajesh Patnekar disallowed the adjournment notice submitted by the opposition parties on the Mahadayi water diversion issue, saying one-day session of the Assembly was called by the state governor for ratifying the bill for extending the SC/ST quota in legislatures.