Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has opposed limiting reservation to 50% in employment and education and demanded that respective states be allowed to decide on the quantum of quota.

“It is not correct to say that the reservation should not go beyond 50%. Providing reservation is the right of the states and the power should be devolved so that the respective states can give due reservation to their people,” Stalin said on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu, for instance, had a maximum of 69% reservation and it should not be capped at 50%, Stalin said while virtually addressing the second conference of the All India Federation for Social Justice, New Delhi.

Based on the population of the deserving sections, the states should be allowed to decide on the quantum of quota, he added.

The CM also accused the BJP-led Central government of not properly implementing the reservation policy.

Stalin further said that the Dravidian movement came into existence to ensure social justice and an egalitarian society.