With each passing day, political drama engulfs the landscape of Gujarat as reservation formulas, allegations and counter-allegations, breaking of former allegiances and formation of new ones have almost become the norm.
Wednesday’s highlight was Hardik Patel’s press conference wherein he finally revealed the reservation formula devised by the PAAS and the Congress. According to Hardik, the new formula will not disturb the existing reservation structure under Articles 46, 31(C), 15 (4) and 16 (4) of the Indian Constitution.
He even went on to claim that nowhere in the Constitution is it mentioned that reservation cannot go above 50 percent. In fact, it was a couple of Supreme Court judgments that had suggested that quota cannot breach the 50 percent benchmark.