Citing the Supreme Court's judgement in 1992 Indira Sawhney's case, the NGO through its petition claimed that granting reservation solely based on the economic criteria violates both the Constitution and Supreme Court's 1992 observation.
While the Congress did “support” the Reservation Bill, you wouldn’t think that was the case from the manner in which they behaved over the last two days.
The Congress party has made much hue and cry about the NDA government's decision to secure a 10% reservation for economically weaker sections among the unreserved class in government jobs and education.
The Narendra Modi government, in a historic move, introduced the 124th constitutional amendment that paved the way for 10% reservation to economically backward people.