Puducherry: Assembly Speaker R Selvam on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Medical Education under the All India Quota from this academic year.
In a statement here, Mr Selvam said this decision of Mr Modi will put an end to the injustice done to the BC people for years together.
He also pointed out the induction of more BC/SC/and ST people in the Union Cabinet in the July 7 expansion, which was unprecedented.
Stating that the Prime Minister had rendered social justice to the BC people, Mr Selvam said that as the Speaker of Assembly and as a representative of the MBC people, he is thanking Mr Modi.