‘PM Modi is the biggest supporter of reservation’, Amit Shah tears into Congress’ ‘lies’

Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Congress of spreading lies that the BJP wants to abolish reservation for Dalits, tribals, and the Other Backward Class (OBC).“The Congress is spreading lies among the Dalits, tribals, and OBCs. The BJP will not scrap reservation,” Amit Shah said while addressing an election rally at Harsoli in Rajasthan in support of the party candidate for the Alwar Lok Sabha seat, Bhupender Yadav.Stating that the BJP supports reservation, the Home Minister said, “We will neither scrap reservation, nor allow anyone else to do it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the biggest supporter of reservation,” he said.He also accused the Congress of being anti-OBC, saying: “The Congress did injustice with the backward classes by not releasing the Kaka Kalelkar report. It also did not release the Mandal Commission report.”Stating that PM Modi gave constitutional recognition to the OBC Commission, Amit Shah said, “The Prime Minister gave 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in all recruitments at the Centre. He himself belongs to the OBC community, while more than 25 ministers in his Cabinet are also from the community,” he claimed.The Home Minister also said that Congress ‘launched’ Rahul Gandhi 20 times, but each time the launch failed.“Now the Congress is unable to launch itself due to its repeated failed attempts to launch Rahul Baba,” Amit Shah said.The BJP leader also accused former Congress President Sonia Gandhi of playing family