It’s been a long time since I wrote my last blog but all this time, despite being busy I have been thinking about what to write. It’s true that I did not get the time that I need to write something creditable but I am never sure whether, what I write, is creditable or not. So, no worries about it :-).
Nowadays, the most happening thing in India is the agitation and protest shown by people against the Government's determination to provide 27% reservation to OBC (Other Backward Castes) in the elite institutes (IITs, AIIMS, IIMs and other engineering, medical and management colleges) of the country. Already there is reservation for SC (Schedule Castes) and ST (Schedule Tribes), which is around 25%, in all the central institutes so after this stunt, total reservation in these institutes will be around 50% of the total seats and that is really disgusting and detestable for a growing country like India.
Actually, Congress is hiding its inability and impotence by providing the reservation to OBC. In the last around 60 years of independence, they have been winning and forming Government for more than 30 years. And in this long span of 30 years Congress could not do anything significant for backward classes, they could not provide better primary and secondary education to backward people so that they can compete and get in the institutes of high repute on the basis of merit, they could not provide better infrastructure and environment that can make a student from backward class feel confident and competent. Now suddenly (at the time of election in some of the states), the most detestable HRD Minister Arjun Singh came with a sick idea that we should provide reservation to OBC because they have been neglected for years. They say that we are simply trying to negate the imbalance but in reality they are trying to create the imbalance. They have shown that to get the votes, they can go up to any level whether it’s a question of country’s future and development.
Today morning I read in newspaper that honorary PM Manmohan Singh with his allies has confirmed 27% of reservation for OBC. I never knew that Manmohan Singh is only a dummy PM and he has no powers and no brains to run the government. They say that they would increase the number of seats for so-called general classes and they will lay down a plan to implement it as if it’s a matter of few weeks or months. For so many years, every intellectual including President Kalam has been saying that we should create more institutes like IITs and IIMs to provide a better growth path to our country but Congress did not hear it but now suddenly it looks like a great idea to them. Why?
Sam Pitroda, chairman of National Knowledge Commission (NKC), who has come from a backward family in Orrisa cited that there is no need of reservation as opportunities are there in India. Two of the prominent members of NKC have resigned citing Center’s inaction over OBC quota. All the industry leaders feel the same way but our politicians are committed to spoil the future of our dear nation to fulfill their politically motivated intentions.
Students from all around the country are protesting and fasting but Arjun Singh says it’s simply a hype they have created. Nobody from Government has gone to appease them except one or two bootlickers. They have been there on road in scorching heat for more than 7 weeks and only asking for a just answer. And what they have got from Government is confirmation of reservation. I truly respect and support all those people who are protesting against this mockery of secularism played by our Government and I wish them success.
Some of the intellectuals (including PMO officers) are even saying that Arjun Singh has done it because of his personal jealousy with Manmohan Singh because Sonia Gandhi (Congress President) chose latter over him as the Prime Minister so it’s his time to avenge.
Now, I have something to ask everyone. What we were thinking when we voted for these sick people? Pt Nehru wrote in one of his letters to chief ministers (which is available on web nowadays) that he opposes any kind of reservation because that will make our country a second or a third-rate country. Then why Arjun Singh wants to make India a third-rate country? Is it not clear, what are his intentions behind it? Is he not simply fulfilling his own politically motivated interests at the stake of our nation’s future? Is it not disheartening to know that such morally corrupt, inapt and unjust politicians like Arjun Singh decide our country’s future? Do they deserve our support in any way?
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