BJP speaks... finally... (Part 1)

Zeenews reports

Breaking his silence on the quota controversy, Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Sunday demanded setting up of a specialist committee to study the impact of reservation and examine alternative remedies for affirmative action which would not undermine merit or excellence. Addressing a function here to mark the opening of a park in memory of late Hindi litterateur Gopal Prasad Vyas, the senior BJP leader said, "merit and excellence should not be undermined while addressing the legitimate concerns of sections of society that have lagged behind for centuries."

Senior leader and former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee accused the UPA-led government of trying to create social tensions.

Another report in The Hindu

Reservation in institutes of higher education or government jobs should be abolished, but benefits of quota system should be offered till higher secondary school, the BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha said today.

"The quota system should be done away with in institutes of higher education and government jobs. We have been talking about it within the party and making suggestions to governments," Morcha President Ramnath Kovind told reporters here.