Chirag Paswan Says Reservation Cannot Be Abolished on Anyone’s Demand

 

Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on August 22, 2026, said reservations cannot be abolished at anyone’s demand, asserting that the system is a constitutional right intended to support communities that have faced social discrimination for generations.

Addressing a Traders Conclave in Patna, Paswan said the government would engage in dialogue with anti-reservation protesters demonstrating at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, provided they put forward their demands in a systematic manner.

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