Samata Sainik Dal president M. Venkataswamy on Monday demanded that the reservation policy should be extended to the private sector.
He was speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations organised by the Federation of Postgraduate and Research Students Associations of Bangalore University here.
Mr. Venkataswamy said that the concept of social justice enunciated in the Constitution could not be realised if the private sector is kept out of the reservation policy.
Equality in quota
The former chairperson of Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission C.S. Dwarakanath said that there should be equality in reservation among Dalits. Journalist Dinesh Ameen Mattu inaugurated the celebrations.
Critique Nataraj Huliyar, Bangalore University Registrar K.K. Seetamma and Professor B.C. Mylarappa were present.