CG: Conflict over Reservation Bill, Amarjeet Bhagat meets Governor

Reservation bills passed four days backCG Governor did not sign the bill yetFood and Culture Miner Amarjeet Bhagat meets Governor

Raipur: The conflict between the state government and the Raj Bhavan is expected to increase over the reservation bills passed the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Four days after the bill was passed, the Governor has not signed it yet. Meanwhile, Food and Culture Miner Amarjeet Bhagat along with a delegation met Governor Anusuiya Uikey. He has urged the governor to sign the reservation bills. Amarjeet said that she has assured to sign in a day or two.
In the special session of the Vidhan Sabha, on October 2, two amendment bills were passed to decide the new ratio of reservation. After the bill was passed, Parliamentary Affairs Miner Ravindra Choubey, Law Miner Mohammad Akbar, Excise Miner Kawasi Lakhma, Food Miner Amarjit Bhagat, and Urban Adminration Miner Shiv Dahria reached the Raj Bhavan the same night. There they met Governor Anusuiya Uikey and requested her signature handing over copies of both the bills passed in the assembly. At that time, the Governor had said to take action as per the rules.
The next day, in a conversation with the media, the governor said that she would sign it Monday. Throughout the day on Monday, the team of legal advisors and officers of Raj Bhavan were engaged in reviewing the bill. On Tuesday, the Governor called Kamalpreet, the Secretary General of the Adminration Department, and discussed the matter. 
On September 19, the Chhattisgarh High Court rejected the ongoing 58% reservation in Chhattisgarh as unconstitutional while giving its verdict in the Guru Ghasidas Sahitya Evam Sanskriti Academy case. Since then there is no reservation roster left for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes in Chhattisgarh. 
To get out of this situation, the government convened a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on December 1-2 and passed two amendment bills related to reservation. In this, the reservation was increased to 76% and arrangements have been made to give 13% reservation to Scheduled Castes, 32% to Scheduled Tribes, 27% to Other Backward Classes and 4% to economically weaker sections. Due to the absence of the signature of the Governor, this bill is not able to become law.