Amidst globalization in this very aggressive and competitive age for our India to stride ahead, it is time to do away with the skewed policy of reservations for jobs and in electoral politics as well. Admissions to all professional colleges have to be also strictly on merit.
The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to Equality, without discrimination on the grounds of sex, caste, creed or religion. The very concept of reservations is all about vote bank politics.
It is appalling at how plagued we have become by a sheer sense of illogicality. The government can very generously give financial help to the economically backward in pursuit of further education so that they compete with the mainstream.
On one hand the law provides for equality and on the other hand there is a policy of reservation, which by its very genesis is a favour and a contradiction in terms. People should be judged on their abilities, their work and results, not on superficial qualities.
An ideal society should be governed by meritocracy which many citizens dream of. It is very important in all fields of human endeavour, especially in employment, education and governance.
