I am all for reservations for SC/ST and to OBC. We have to help the down trodden. BUT, Please delete the creamy layer. The argument of the reservationests is that if you delete the creamy layer, then the quota will be grossly under-utilised. So they concede that most of the reservation benefits are cornered by the creamy layer. How are the children of MPs,MLAs, IAS officers, Bank officers, Doctors etc etc entitled for reservations? Is it social justice? For example, take the case of the ST MP from Gujarat who was caught taking bribes to smuggle people abroad. There are hundreds of MPs and MLAs doing that, but unfortunateky he was caught. But the irony is that his children, grand children and great grand children will all reap the benifits of reservation!! So I request all the anti reservationists to focus only on deletion of creamy layer. All the MPs across the whole political spectrum will oppose it for a very simple reason. And that is "It is only the leadfers in the creamy layer who can deliver the votes of the Backward classes enmasse to the political parties". So these rogues will never go against their interests. You have to bring this message to the OBC masses and that is how the politicians are against deleting the creamy layer. It is difficult as they are really backward and the rich OBCs will thwart it. But that is the only way to fight this injustice to all and especially to the poorer masses in OBCs and that is the only way you can win this war.
RE:OBC Reservations
by Larsen Keats on Apr 24, 2007 04:06 PM Permalink
Solution without thinking about the problem! You say all OBCs except the creamy layer should be provided reservation, because they are well-off. That means those who are not well-off economically should be provided reservation. Pause to think, Sir, are poor people from OBCs only? Not at all. Your logic would have had some sense if you had said all poor people irrespective of caste or religion or gender or region. Think!
Once you have done that, then you need to think whether reservation is a cure for poverty. It is not. Read Amartya Sen's articles if you don't believe me.
It is strange that no one seems to be thinking about what is the real problem we are wanting to solve, and what are the best ways to solve it.
