𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗣, 𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗 & 𝗣𝗨𝗡𝗝𝗔𝗕: 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗝𝗣’𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦! 𝗕𝗝𝗣 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆. 𝗢𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗜𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀’𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸! In Madhya Pradesh, the High Court rejected the 73% quota as unconstitutional. Yet the BJP govt has been reported to be considering an appeal alongside Congress. So much for BJP being the enemy of Congress-style reservation expansion! BJP leaders want General Category (GC) voters to believe that Congress is their enemy and BJP their saviour. When confronted with the SC/ST Act and UGC regulations, they dodge responsibility by saying the SC/ST Act dates back to 1989 and the UGC controversy was merely a clerical error by junior bureaucrats. But GC warriors have exposed this deception. The BJP govt brought the 2018 amendment that strengthened the SC/ST Act, and the controversial UGC regulations. Now BJP supporters are trying to frighten GC voters by claiming that Congress will increase reservations. But look at the BJP’s own record! •𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗮: 72% •𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝘆𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵: 73% •𝗕𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗿: 75% •𝗖𝗵𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗵: 68% •𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻: 64% In 𝗢𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮, the reservation figure cited in this debate rose 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 20% 𝘁𝗼 50% 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗝𝗣 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 - a dramatic change with serious implications for open competition. 𝗢𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗕𝗝𝗣, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗦𝗣, 𝗗𝗠𝗞 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗝𝗗 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲! 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝘁! General Category voters of UP, Uttarakhand and Punjab must understand one thing: BJP is not entitled to your votes merely because Congress may be worse. Do not allow any party to treat you as a permanent vote bank. Support candidates who stand against caste quotas. They may belong to a major party, a small party or be independents. Judge them by their commitments and actions, not their party label. Legal battles against excessive quotas are being fought by a handful of committed GC individuals and organisations. They cannot fight alone while millions remain silent. Political clout comes not just from making your preferred party win, but from making parties that betray your interests lose. 𝗚𝗖 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗝𝗣! If BJP can win your votes while pursuing policies you oppose, why would it ever change? Make every party earn your support. Make every candidate answer your questions. And make every govt understand that ignoring General Category voters carries an electoral price. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿! 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. #BJPAgainstGC