The issue of reservation in educational institutions and government jobs has been a vexed issue for decades. Reservation has benefitted the deserving among claimants under the quota system. But has any scientific survey and data collection method been made to determine the legitimacy of the claims? The whole issue is causing unnecessary heartburn because of the continuation of the diabolic caste system. Can you do away with the caste system so that economic backwardness becomes the only norm in order to derive concessions from the government? The Constitution, which aims at building an egalitarian society, will be meaningful if all forms of inequality and injustice are removed at the earliest. The powers-that-be must read the writing on the wall and lead the country on the right path or else they will be working against the lofty ideals of the Constitution.
M. Govindaswamy,
Chennai
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