BJP to oppose Ranganath Mishra Commission report

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) The BJP today said it would oppose the Ranganath Mishra Commission Report, which recomended reservation for the minority communities, as its implementation would disintegrate the society.

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said,''It is a conspiracy that the Congress has been planning for a very long time and the BJP will not let them do this injustice to the backward people.'' ''We would fight for the rights of the backward classes both inside and outside Parliament,'' she added.

She was addressing a gathering of thousands of people who came to the national capital from all over the country to oppose the Mishra Commission Report under the banner of 'Anusuchit Jati Arakshan Bachao Manch'.

Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley alleged the Congress of encouraging people to convert.

''By providing reservation to the people who converts from Hindu to other minority religions, the Congress is encouraging people to convert and reap the benefits of reservation as well as of minority,'' Mr Jaitley said.

Both the leaders asserted that the provision for reservation in the Constitution was made to promote the people who were denied fair share of opportunities for years and it was decided that it would not be provided on the basis of religion.

''Those who converted to reap the benefits of being a member of minority community now wants to snatch the few benefits reaching the backward classes after a long struggle,'' Ms Swaraj opined.

Calling this move an ''irony'' for the nation, former BJP president Bangaru Laxman said,''They are providing reservation to those communities which never had any caste system.'' Mr Jaitley said the Constitution had provided several other provision for the minority communities and inclusion of the minorities in the Scheduled Caste category would be an injustice to the people who faced difficulties for hundreds of years.

They should not be given two rights -- reservation and minority rights, he added.

Mishra Commission was formed to divide the society within the society and confiscating the rights of weaker sections promised to them in the Constitution, he opined.