Reservations about the reservation controversy
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Too much bad-blood has been spilled in the country among friends about the whole controversy regarding the increased reservations. People now divide others as belonging to pro or anti-reservation and automatically determine the other person’s allegiances, thought-processes and ideas in their own heads even before another word is spoken by their counterparts. I belong to the minority of people who do not belong to either of the two sides- yes, there is a third side, shocking isn’t it!
We all are familiar about what the controversy is. So, let’s do some stock taking regarding the protests, the protestors and certain realities.
What are the protestors saying?
Merit should be the only criteria and no reservations should be provided.
Reservations should go because it is an archaic provision that does not foster healthy competition.
Nobody cares about caste today and merit should have precedence above everything.
Reservations have been a curse on India and that is the main reason why India has not done well economically or progressed like other countries because non-meritorious people have been running the country.
It’s time to change the whole system because we have suffered long enough and it’s time to do something and not just crib about it.
The movement is about equality and nothing else.
Do you want a less qualified doctor to treat you?
Do away with reservations, focus on primary education.
What has the govt been doing for the last 60 years?
Show us the figures of who have benefited from reservations.
Only the creamy layers benefit from reservations.
We are not against the backward classes but there are other measures.
The politicians are trying to divide the society along caste lines.
This is a revolutionary. We are the new rebels.
The gist of the whole diatribe- reservations of seats will kill merit and bring about mediocrity into professional practice.
Why are they saying it?
They stand to lose the number of seats as they pursue higher education.
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