Since 26th January, 1950 when the constitution of India came into existence by the extraordinary efforts of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a controversy also came into existence simultaneously. Whether the people belonging to scheduled castes, backward classes and many other unprivileged sections of society should be given reservation in various fields. The immediate answer to this question then was YES!!!,for the betterment of the people belonging to these sections of the society. Moreover it was also one of the special objectives of Mahatma Gandhi to which he called 'Harijan Utthaan'.
Coming across the same query after six decades of the constitution it feels as it is no more for the unprivileged sections of the society. Now it seems to be the worst mistake committed by the makers of the constitution. The reason for the above statement is that these days, the actual beneficiaries of this reservation policy are the children of bureaucrats, top class civil services officers, richest businessmen and best technocrats. The policy which then provided benefit to the weaker most sections of the society is now providing the same benefits to the heirs of people who had been provided benefit earlier and now carry a standard of living as well as social standard equivalent to the standard of higher classes of the society. Now they belong to the lower castes only for the sake of name and added advantages.
The children of poor slum dwellers, garbage-men, sweepers are still not able to avail the benefits of the reservation policy just because of the people pf their on caste who are much richer than them, can afford quality education and best facilities and also carry the advantage of reservation policy using which they grab the best opportunities meant for the up-liftment of the poor weaker sections of the society, nullifying the sole cause of reservation.
Apart from these poor children, many other sections of the society have also been neglected. They do not have family love, they can not avail quality education, they do not have any family background which could have helped in their betterment and that is why these children have to live life equal to hell and on the mercy of others. If the government is an effective one, not the one which just cares for its vote bank, then they should immediately change the reservation policy for SC/ST/BC/OBC stating if a generation of a family has successfully availed the reservation benefits then their further generations will be considered in the general category. A special reservation policy should be started for the orphans also. Else, the day is not far when the general category will be the reserved one.
Coming across the same query after six decades of the constitution it feels as it is no more for the unprivileged sections of the society. Now it seems to be the worst mistake committed by the makers of the constitution. The reason for the above statement is that these days, the actual beneficiaries of this reservation policy are the children of bureaucrats, top class civil services officers, richest businessmen and best technocrats. The policy which then provided benefit to the weaker most sections of the society is now providing the same benefits to the heirs of people who had been provided benefit earlier and now carry a standard of living as well as social standard equivalent to the standard of higher classes of the society. Now they belong to the lower castes only for the sake of name and added advantages.
The children of poor slum dwellers, garbage-men, sweepers are still not able to avail the benefits of the reservation policy just because of the people pf their on caste who are much richer than them, can afford quality education and best facilities and also carry the advantage of reservation policy using which they grab the best opportunities meant for the up-liftment of the poor weaker sections of the society, nullifying the sole cause of reservation.
Apart from these poor children, many other sections of the society have also been neglected. They do not have family love, they can not avail quality education, they do not have any family background which could have helped in their betterment and that is why these children have to live life equal to hell and on the mercy of others. If the government is an effective one, not the one which just cares for its vote bank, then they should immediately change the reservation policy for SC/ST/BC/OBC stating if a generation of a family has successfully availed the reservation benefits then their further generations will be considered in the general category. A special reservation policy should be started for the orphans also. Else, the day is not far when the general category will be the reserved one.
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ReplyDeleteNow, there are more communities that are in the reserved list than the ones that are excluded. Jats of Punjab and Haryana are also demanding OBC status now. After that Kshatriyas and Brahmans. Only NRIs should be in general category....:-)
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