"It is the work of the PM to control his minister... and if the Election Commission is convinced that its constitutional order has been violated then the Commission should adopt a strict posture," Kumar told reporters when approached for his comment as to whether he favours removal of Khurshid.
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"The Congress has always been advocating that it respects the constitutional institutions and the party minister is openly violating it... and it reflects that the party and its government is not serious on the Salman Khurshid issue," he said.
"Salman's flagrant violation of EC's directive is a very very serious issue," Kumar said adding "the prime minister and Election Commission held the key for paving the way to a solution of the impasse," the Bihar CM said.
"Throwing model code of conduct to the wind by a central minister is now also the look out of the Election Commission and it should act stringently," he said. He castigated the Congress led government at the Centre for its stand on reservation for minorities.
"Earlier the Congress spoke about giving reservation for minorities... and now its minister is speaking about reservation for Muslims," Kumar said and alleged that it was aimed at influencing the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
"The Centre should provide reservation for the OBC on the pattern of Bihar," Kumar said.
The Congress has always been opposed to reservation right since inception, the he claimed. He alleged that even when the recommendations of the
Mandal Commission were being debated in the Lok Sabha, the then leader of opposition and former PM Late Rajiv Gandhi had opposed it. "The extremely backwards be given reservation under AnnexureI and other backwards under Annexure II... and Bihar has implemented it by enacting a legislation and not through an ordinance or decree," he said.
"We want that the Bihar model of reservation be implemented by the Centre," Kumar said adding, "We have provisions for quota for Muslims within the quota for OBCs under Annexure I and Annexure II."
If the Centre or the Congress wanted to give new reservation for minorities, it should come forward with the proposal for a fresh reservation policy and give them the facility separately and we will support it, he said.
