Why has the Congress resolved to remove the 50% reservation cap?
In 1992, the Supreme Court had held that caste-based reservations cannot exceed 50%. However, compliance with this rule has been far from strictly observed.
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In 1992, the Supreme Court had held that caste-based reservations cannot exceed 50%. However, compliance with this rule has been far from strictly observed.
The caste census and its aftermath could be the opening of a Pandora’s Box. The Communists have little to lose. They practice a form of Trotskyism, speaking against caste and religion when it suits their objective and the opposite at a time like this
Suggests RSS swayamsevaks ready to eat even food tinged with cow meat for the sake of assimilation; a contrast to his statement in 2015 seen as a call to rethink reservation
Many analysts believed it was an attempt to allow the Centre to prevaricate further on, or prolong and indefinitely defer, the question of holding elections to the State Legislature.
Quotas cannot be abolished without better alternatives, but where is the conversation about the latter?