A CONSTRUCTIVE RESERVATION POLICY
Need for a constructive reservation policy for a better civil services examination
It all started with the bitter seeds sown by “minto merely “reforms of 1909, when a separate electorate was given to Muslims for the first time. Where by only Muslims can be elected as representative for Muslim population. Later this was extended to Christians, Sikhs, and other minority groups in 1919 through montegue-chemlsford reforms. This is to divide the well knitted communities and rule them when in chaos. Mahatma Gandhi categorically criticized this and against such community based representation. He went on hunger strike and past unto death at yerravada jail in pune .mahatma knows what disaster lies ahead with such community based representation.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar who later on became the father of our Indian constitution had favored such discrimination based on community basis and supported the separated electorate for different communities. Where by now Sikhs can elected only Sikhs, Christians only Christians and Muslims among Muslims. But the hunger strike by Gandhi made Ambedkar to realize the disaster ahead. As a compromise, he seek certain “quota” are to be reserved for the minorities and down trodden in the legislatures. This is a giant leap for downtrodden communities’ people, where by now their aspirations are also considered in the nation making. This agreement between Gandhi and Ambedkar is famously termed as the “pune pact”.
When India became independent in 1947 Aug. 15, the responsibility of constitution making was given to the drafting committee headed by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. This time the reservations became more explicit by providing provisions in the constitution .Ambedkar urged for the time bound implementation and to dilute thereafter .but our political class is eating grass to get into power, so it’s extending the reservation there by every 10 years. Recently in 2010 the government of the day extended the reservation for 10 more years.is it a shame on the
It all started with the bitter seeds sown by “minto merely “reforms of 1909, when a separate electorate was given to Muslims for the first time. Where by only Muslims can be elected as representative for Muslim population. Later this was extended to Christians, Sikhs, and other minority groups in 1919 through montegue-chemlsford reforms. This is to divide the well knitted communities and rule them when in chaos. Mahatma Gandhi categorically criticized this and against such community based representation. He went on hunger strike and past unto death at yerravada jail in pune .mahatma knows what disaster lies ahead with such community based representation.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar who later on became the father of our Indian constitution had favored such discrimination based on community basis and supported the separated electorate for different communities. Where by now Sikhs can elected only Sikhs, Christians only Christians and Muslims among Muslims. But the hunger strike by Gandhi made Ambedkar to realize the disaster ahead. As a compromise, he seek certain “quota” are to be reserved for the minorities and down trodden in the legislatures. This is a giant leap for downtrodden communities’ people, where by now their aspirations are also considered in the nation making. This agreement between Gandhi and Ambedkar is famously termed as the “pune pact”.
When India became independent in 1947 Aug. 15, the responsibility of constitution making was given to the drafting committee headed by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. This time the reservations became more explicit by providing provisions in the constitution .Ambedkar urged for the time bound implementation and to dilute thereafter .but our political class is eating grass to get into power, so it’s extending the reservation there by every 10 years. Recently in 2010 the government of the day extended the reservation for 10 more years.is it a shame on the