The Bihar assembly had passed two Bills increasing the reservation quotas for OBCs, EBCs, SCs, and STs from 50% to 65%, in addition to 10% for EWS. Tejashwi pointed out that the hiked quotas had not been included in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution, even though a proposal had been sent to the central government a year ago. He accused the BJP government of being staunchly opposed to reservation.In response, senior JD (U) leader and minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary countered Tejashwi’s claim, stating that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had initiated the caste survey when the NDA was in power. Choudhary noted that the RJD, which was also part of the government at the time, supported the survey and that the cabinet had given its approval when the NDA government was in power.Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, while criticising Tejashwi, said, “When your parents (Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi) were in power, reservation was not given to anybody, but people started receiving the benefits of reservation after the formation of the NDA government in the state in 2006.”The opposition walked out of the assembly following heated arguments between the treasury and opposition benches over the issue of the reservation quota hike.
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