The Gujarat RSS on Saturday issued a statement that it supports the caste-based reservation. The statement comes in wake of rising controversy following reported remarks on reviewing reservation policy made by its national publicity chief Manmohan Vaidya in a function at Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday. The RSS in a statement said: “RSS supports reservation for backward class on the basis of castes that includes SC/ST and OBC.” It also said RSS is opposed to religion-based reservation. Vaidya is currently in Ahmedabad to participate in a three-day meeting with RSS members involved in publications of its magazines and other journals. Members of the Thakore Sena on Saturday protested outside the RSS office against Vaidya’s remark.

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