Reservation bandwagan once set rolling has its own dynamics and cycle to complete. This is as per the laws of political and social sciences. Similar examples though never perfect can always be sited for the case... Shri Lanka is a very close example.
Main issue is that the nation needs to seeze some of the fundamental principles to which it would stand committed even if it means to die for them. USA did this when they had their famous civil war under Lanin... What are ours?