Uttarakhand Assembly to pass bill to extend SC/ST quota in legislatures on Jan 7

Uttarakhand Assembly will convene a one-day special session on January 7 to pass a Constitution amendment bill extending reservation to members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in legislatures by ar 10 years.

Assembly Speaker Premchand Agrawal said Lok Sabha unanimously passed a Constitution amendment bill to this effect earlier this month and every state assembly has to pass legislation before president gives his assent to it. 

tification regarding special session of state assembly has alrey been issued, he said. Reservation for members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), given for past 70 years in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, is due to end on January 25, 2020.