[ Tuesday, April 25, 2006 08:35:00 pmPTI ]
"Those forces which opposed the Mandal report are now propagating it. I am happy that they are supporting it", he said while addressing a well attended gathering of All India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD) convention organised to demand reservation in private sector.
Reservation was not a new concept in the country and had been in existence for thousands of years, Singh, who had implemented the Mandal Commission report facing a stiff opposition particularly in the Hindi belt, when he was the Prime Minister, said.
"I kicked the football. Though I broke my leg, I scored the goal," he said recalling the resistance his government had faced over the Mandal commission report.
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