The framers of India"s constitution were perfectly aware of the deep seated divide in society that the pernicious concept of reservation ushers in. Free India was under no obligation to pursue reservation in the parliament. But they perhaps believed that it would be justified to extend the same for a period, not more than 10 years. Sardar Patel one of the chief architects of the Indian constitution echoed the general opinion by unequivocally stating "that the object of the House should be, as soon as possible and as rapidly as possible to drop these classifications and bring all to a level of equality