On OBC quota, DMK sends PM a clear message: do it now, and no dilution

s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tries to evolve a consensus on reservation for OBCs, partner DMK has made clear to him that quota should not be “diluted in any manner”.

“I strongly insist that the UPA government should respect and respond to the people’s mandate by immediately extending reservation to the OBCs at all levels in all institutions under the Government of India without any dilution,” DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said in a letter to the Prime Minister.(more...)