Former Karnataka chief minister, Congress spokesperson and general secretary of the AICC, M. Veerappa Moily, has held several key positions in his 30 years of public life. But he has never been a Lok Sabha MP or a cabinet minister. That changed on May 28, when he was inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new government. Moily, the Union law minister, spoke to Chandrani Banerjee about the need to usher in reservations in the private sector and reforms in the judiciary. Excerpts:
Is there a plan to introduce reservation in the corporate sector? (Moily headed the last government's Oversight Committee for implementation of reservations for obcs in education).
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what extent will this affirmative action apply?
Will industries in both rural and urban areas have to introduce affirmative action in awarding jobs?
What about the higher levels of judiciary? Is there need to introduce reservation there as well?
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What will the government's stand be on Justice Soumitra Sen? (He is a Calcutta High Court judge who is facing charges of misappropriation of funds and the cji recommended his impeachment to the prime minister in August 2008).
Is there any strategy to cut short lengthy court battles?
