Amit Shah's Bihar Visit: HM To Inaugurate Veteran BJP Leader Kailashpati Mishra's Memorial, Address OBC Morcha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Bihar today to inaugurate a veteran BJP leader's memorial and speak at a public meeting of the party's OBC Morcha.

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Amit Shah In Bihar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Bihar on Saturday to inaugurate the memorial of the late BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra and speak at a public meeting organized by the party's OBC Morcha, according to a report by news agency PTI.

All About Shah's Bihar Visit: 

• Upon reaching Patna, Shah will visit the Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI) on the outskirts of the city.
• A park dedicated to Kailashpati Mishra, developed on two acres of land donated by ATARI, will be inaugurated by the Home Minister.
• The park includes the unveiling of a statue in memory of the late leader, a BJP spokesperson told PTI.
• Kailashpati Mishra, a senior leader of the Jana Sangh, served as a minister in the Bihar government under Karpoori Thakur and later became the BJP's inaugural state president.
• Following this function, Shah will proceed to Paliganj, where he will address a public meeting organized by the BJP OBC Morcha.
• According to the PTI report, the Paliganj event is part of the "10,000 samajik sammelans" aimed at informing the numerically significant backward classes about the welfare measures taken by the Narendra Modi government.

BJP OBC Morcha Chief On 'Quota Within Quota' Question: 

Responding to demands from several opposition parties for a "quota within quota" for female OBCs in the Women's Reservation Bill, BJP OBC Morcha president K Laxman countered, stating that they should explain why the sub-quota was absent in the draft legislation brought by the previous Congress-led UPA government. Laxman claimed this was an attempt to hinder the Modi government's efforts to ensure women receive their due, as reported by PTI.

Laxman also accused Rahul Gandhi of displaying the "Congress' hostility towards the OBCs, which has been on display since the times of Nehru".

He alleged that Nehru had expressed aversion to caste-based quotas in a letter to the then chief ministers, and the report of the Kaka Kalelkar Commission gathered dust during Congress rule.

Claiming opposition during the V P Singh government's acceptance of the Mandal Commission's recommendations came from Rajiv Gandhi, Laxman further alleged that the RJD in Bihar and the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, despite speaking about OBCs, primarily worked for their own families.

According to the PTI report, Laxman demanded an explanation for the United Front government, with these parties as key allies, not considering OBC stalwart Karpoori Thakur and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh for the Bharat Ratna.

He further said that while Jayant Chaudhary, the Rashtriya Lok Dal Chief and grandson of the ex-PM, expressed gratitude towards the Modi government for the Bharat Ratna, he faced humiliation and abuse from the Congress and its allies.