{"id":4257,"date":"2010-02-11T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2010-02-11T16:24:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T11:24:38","slug":"west-bengal-muslims-divided-over-job-reservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/west-bengal-muslims-divided-over-job-reservation","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal Muslims divided over job reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"TixyyLink\">\n<p>West Bengal\u2019s Muslims are divided over the government\u2019s move to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for socially, economically and educationally backward in the community.<\/p>\n<p>While some dismissed the Left Front government\u2019s decision as a gimmick aimed at winning back the support of Muslims ahead of next year\u2019s assembly polls, others hailed the move.<\/p>\n<p>But there was near unanimity that the job reservation announcement would be meaningless until the educational opportunities for the community were improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not satisfied with the announcement. We demanded 20 percent reservation for Muslims in West Bengal and it is possible,\u201d Maulana Md. Shafique, the imam of Kolkata\u2019s Nakhoda Mosque, told IANS.<\/p>\n<p>He said the reservation for the backward Muslims should be at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the government offers reservation facility to the Muslims only in government jobs, it will not benefit the community as a whole. They should first ensure quality education for backward Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Muslims are deprived of quality education, how can they apply for government jobs?\u201d Shafique asked.<\/p>\n<p>In West Bengal, 7 percent of government jobs are reserved under Other Backward Castes (OBC) category that includes Hindu and Muslim communities. Presently, altogether 12 Muslim communities, numbering about 16.83 lakh people, have been included in the OBC category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis politically motivated move is not going to improve the quality of life for the backward Muslims. It is just an electoral gimmick of the Left Front which has been rejected by Muslim voters in recent elections,\u201d said Nadim-Ul-Haque, an editor of a city-based Urdu daily.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government had taken the decision keeping in view next year\u2019s assembly elections. \u201cThis reservation is already a failed initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muslims comprise around 25 percent of the state\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>Noted writer and Muslim intellectual Ajijul Haque, however, holds that the reservation was first required in the educational sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf backward Muslims can gain access to proper education, they can automatically get jobs. I wonder how these backward Muslims will get government jobs if they don\u2019t have proper educational background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are lots of complications involved in the issue. I don\u2019t know how the government will identify the backward Muslims and offer them jobs. The government must ensure food and economic security first to these socially backward minority communities,\u201d Haque said.<\/p>\n<p>He quickly added: \u201cAt last the government has woken up. Any day, something is better than nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who made the official announcement Monday, said the creamy layer &#8211; those who have an annual income of Rs.450,000 &#8211; would not be included in the category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very noble decision. I think there\u2019s enough scope to bring changes in the lives of the backward Muslims. But yes, there has to be will behind the entire initiative,\u201d writer Abul Basar said. \u201cNow, wee have to wait and see how the government implements the recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal\u2019s Muslims are divided over the government\u2019s move to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for socially, economically and educationally backward in the community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-law-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Bengal Muslims divided over job reservation  - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"West Bengal\u2019s Muslims are divided over the government\u2019s move to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for socially, economically and educationally backward in the community - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. 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