Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary to Challenge High Court's Quota Ruling

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP president, Samrat Choudhary, has pledged to contest the Patna High Court's decision to overturn the increase in reservations for deprived castes. He emphasized the party's full support for reservations and plans to escalate the matter to the Supreme Court after consulting legal experts.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday pledged to contest the Patna High Court's decision that overturned the increase in reservations for deprived castes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent.

Samrat Choudhary, who also serves as the state BJP president, declared the party's unwavering support for reservations, stating that the Bihar government would seek the Supreme Court's intervention after consulting with legal experts. 'It was with the BJP's full support that the Nitish Kumar government ordered the caste survey and raised quotas for Dalits, tribals, and backward classes,' noted Choudhary, who assumed office as deputy CM in January this year following Kumar's return to the NDA.

'We believe that the reservation laws in Bihar were amended in accordance with constitutional provisions... states like Tamil Nadu, too, have 69 per cent quotas,' Choudhary argued. He reiterated that socially and educationally backward communities are entitled to reservation benefits as their constitutional right. 'The Bihar government will challenge the high court order before the Supreme Court after seeking legal opinion,' he affirmed.

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