Promotion Quota Bill Not At All 'Mulayam'
The government just managed to successfully tide over the FDI issue in Parliament, but now it has another task at hand. An all-party meeting called by Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari to resolve differences over the promotions quota bill ended without a solution. This comes following an uproar in Rajya Sabha over the contentious bill that ended in the House being adjourned for the day. The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is pushing for providing quota to the Scheduled Castes (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in promotions in government jobs. This legislation is being staunchly opposed by arch-rival Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. At the meeting, the Samajwadi Party sought changes to the bill which the BSP objected to.