BSP chief Mayawati disapproves Supreme Court ruling on SC sub-classifications

BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati expressed strong disagreement with the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing sub-classification within Scheduled Castes (SCs).

At a press conference, Mayawati stated, "The sub-classification of people within Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) has been permitted, our party doesn't agree with it at all."

The Supreme Court on August 1 affirmed that states have the constitutional authority to create sub-classifications within SCs to provide reservations for castes that are more socially and educationally disadvantaged.

Mayawati argued that the atrocities suffered by SCs and STs have been experienced collectively as a group, and sub-classifying them would be unjust. "Because the atrocities faced by the people of SCs and STs have been faced as a group and this group is equal in which it would not be right to do any kind of sub-classification," she said.