The Congress on Sunday called the Gujarat government’s decision to implement the 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) of the general category in education and government jobs from January 14 as a “hurried” one that would “create confusion among the candidates”.
Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda described the government’s decision as “a political announcement”. “The central government generally informs state governments about the new Act and its rules and then it gets implemented. Here, the Chief Minister has simply made an announcement through a tweet and a press release. We do not know the modalities of the Act’s implementation, how will it be implemented and what will be the rules,” said Chavda.