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Agree with it or don't but this is obviously a measure intended to redress an extreme historical imbalance up until it was instituted.

• zapdrive 4y ago
  Read my comment again. I agree it was necessary at some point. But not anymore. Does the third generation need to take these benefits? Do you think the children of a Deputy Commissioner, or an MLA are being discriminated against? They are the most privileged already with best educational opportunities. Why do they need reservation for college admission?
  • roguecoder 4y ago
    In the absence of a system to correct for historical and ongoing injustice, you get the English system where 73% of all government jobs are held by people with the generational wealth to attend elite high schools (who are otherwise only 7% of the population). And then you end up with the horrible mess of class-anxious governance by mediocre-but-born-rich folks that is the current disaster England is living through. I'm not sure why people would aspire to that.
  • unmole 4y ago
    The reservation system needs tweaking and excluding privileged people from taking advantage would be a good start. There's already the creamy-layer criteria for OBC reservation, the same can be applied for all categories. The fact that a small minority is able to corner the benefits of reservation when the overwhelming majority is left out is not a pursuasive argument that reservations are no longer necessary.