The BJP has said that it does not favour reconsideration of reservation policy. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, the BJP respects reservation policy as it is essential for the upliftment of STs, SCs and OBCs. He, however said there should be a debate how to extend the benefit of the reservation to those poor and backwards who have been left out.<br/><br/>Mr Prasad's statement came in the wake of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks that there should be a review of the reservation policy. Contending that the policy has been used for political ends, Mr Bhagwat had suggested setting up of an apolitical committee to examine who needs the facility and for how long. His remarks had appeared in an interview published in Sangh Mouthpiece Organiser.