Report will create disharmony: BJP

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday rejected the Sachar committee report as “full of prejudices” and said it would create disharmony in the society.

The party also attacked the committee’s composition saying it had no woman member despite the fairer sex making up a large population of the Muslim community in the country. Reacting to the findings of the seven-member committee on social, economic and educational status of Muslims, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said her party believed the report would create disharmony in society.

“Much effort has gone into it, but it has gone in wrong direction. This report reflects a pseudo vision and is full of bias and prejudice,” she told reporters. The BJP leader flayed the committee for recommending nomination procedures to increase participation of minorities in public bodies.
“Such recommendations will only let loose scorpions that will sting everyone.

The report will only help widen rifts,” Ms Swaraj, who also objected to purported media leaks of the committee’s findings before their tabling in Parliament, said. She blamed the Congress for the present socio-economic condition of the community in the country, citing the party’s more than half-a-decade rule at the Centre. The report comes ahead of key elections in Uttar Pradesh, home to a large population of Muslims. —

She also slammed Justice Rajindar Sachar for seeking information on Muslims in armed forces as she read out his foreword that he, however, did not used such data he received from the government.