First, is the complete non-application of the mind on the part of the government in introducing this Bill; second, is the constitutionality of this Bill; third, is the implementation of this Bill.He alleged that the government has brought the Bill without proper homework and demanded that the Bill should be sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee.Thus, except a few parties like the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), almost everybody voted in favour of the Bill, albeit, making some subdued noises like asking for the legislation to be sent to a joint select committee for further scrutiny.T.
Arguing for his party strongly in the Rajya Sabha, former law minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that there would be three hurdles that the Bill would have to pass.RJD’s Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha said that the BJP should be blamed for creating any backward-forward binary.“Without interfering with the constitutional mandate of reservation given to dalits, adivasis and backward classes in any manner, we have always supported that those who are genuinely poor and who are not covered under these sections may also be given the benefit of opportunities and reservation, both in education and employment,” Congress chief Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had said. Kunjhalikutty of the Muslim League — voted against the Bill, in Rajya Sabha a total of seven members walked out during voting. “I agree there are poor among upper castes, but their poverty does not arise out of their birth in that caste,” he said.
