Havanur report a turning point for social justice struggle in Karnataka: Jairam Ramesh
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New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday marked 50 years of the Backward Classes Commission report, submitted by L G Havanur, and said it was “hugely transformative”, with "great national impact".
Havanur had chaired the commission and submitted its report to the then Karnataka chief minister, Devraj Urs on November 19, 1975.
Ramesh, Congress general secretary in charge of communications, also pointed out that Havanur was himself a distinguished member of the famed Mandal Commission that submitted its landmark report in January 1980.
"Today, exactly 50 years ago, L G Havanur had submitted the report of the Backward Classes Commission that he chaired to the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Devraj Urs.
“Completed in three years, the Havanur Commission report proved to be a crucial turning point in the struggle and campaign for social justice in Karnataka," Ramesh said in a post on X.
"It would be hugely transformative and would have a great national impact as well. Havanur was himself a distinguished member of the famed Mandal Commission that submitted its landmark report in January 1980," he added.
Between 1978 and 1980, Havanur was the minister of law, social welfare, and backward classes in the Devraj Urs-led government and began the process of implementing the recommendations of the commission that he had chaired, the Congress leader recalled.
Today exactly 50 years ago, LG Havanur had submitted the report of the Backward Classes Commission that he chaired to the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Devraj Urs.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 19, 2025
Completed in three years, the Havanur Commission report proved to be a crucial turning point in the struggle…
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
