United or divided

The congress government decision to introduce reservation for OBC Categories in the premier institutions of India, thereby raising the reserved seats to 49.5 percent including the existing reservation for SC/ST is vigorous prejudice and discrimination. Enough is done by the government for the development of these castes from past 50 years. The more it executes reservation the more divided is the nation. India is a secular country which enforces reservation on the basis of caste, as weird as it sounds, reservations are violation of articles 15 and 16, which guarantee to all citizens the fundamental right to equality and equal opportunity under the state.

The premier institutes like the IIT’s and the IIM’s are prestigious worldwide because of the quality students it produces every year. It’s a pride to India that these institutes are on par or even better than the world’s top institutes like Harvard. According to the US news channel ABC, getting admission into IIT is more difficult than getting in Harvard. Only 2% of total applicants get admitted into IIT compared to the 10% in Harvard.

The already existing reservation blesses the SC/ST attend colleges with almost no fee, ultimately we tax payers are the ones who take the burden of their fee, this being a cycle.

Ratan Tata, chairman of TATA Groups criticizing this act severely said that this is nothing but division of nation and would bring no development. Tata recently crossed the borders and went hunting in Harvard campus, nearly 10 students have been recruited by Tata from Harvard campus. With 50% reservation in all premier institutes it is an accepted fact that the quality of students will come down, making more Indian companies taking the route of Tata for brightest talents.

The very purpose of introducing the reservations is achieved long back. Dr Ambedkar wanted equality for backward and scheduled castes. It was introduced in the period when these backward casts are treated like untouchables. He felt that with reservation (agreed for only 10 years initially) in education and jobs, these people will acquire some social status, which would lead for equality.Initially agreed for 10 years and got extended and still exists. Equality is achieved long back, infact more fraction of these people are exceeding. All the top government positions are occupied by the backward classes. The circumstances at the time of introduction of this reservation are not the same and there is no purpose in its existence now.

According to me, reservations shouldn’t be on the basis of caste, a real development of the society is achieved when these reservations are based on the financial positions of people. Demarcate people according to their financial status with a clear and defined demarcation line and let only one among these families enjoy this reservation that too with small %, otherwise there would be hindrance to the economic development of the country with merit students lagging behind.

I was going through population control measures taken by China and was really amazed by their strict rules and procedures followed on the size of family. China, the biggest competitor of India in the BPO sector, identified the factors for the hindrance of their development and has laid certain harsh though necessary rules. India on the other hand is trying to implement the rules which further hamper the development.

It is sad to see that no party has raised their voice against the UPA government’s decision on the reservations. This clearly shows that no politician has got courage to terminate this reservation with fear of losing votes. They are just craving for power and the service to the society is the last thing they would do or probably will never do. Sad to see all this happening under the rule of intellectual president and prime minister.

Merit is the most important in professions like medicine, nobody wants a low grade student with little knowledge on medicine to be a doctor, after all it is a profession which deals with life. May be this is the reason behind their recent protest in New Delhi. The protest ended up with a clash with police. The police used tear gas and water cannons, to disperse 400 students who tried to meet HRD minister Arjun Singh. Probably Indian students should take the route of Nepalese to make our plea heard to these deaf politicians.