27 pc quota upheld: Are OBCs India's new rulers?

NEW ORDER? Experts suggest improving the quality of primary education so everyone gets an equal chance.

          

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“Politics is not a bad thing. It is used for the benefit of the people and the overall growth of the society. We are asking for common school system and taking all the affirmative actions so the socially deprived sections get their due place in nation building as they create wealth. It is the people from OBC who create the wealth,” said Raja.

The labels of SC, ST ad OBC have become political. The identification of castes have become political and not really an indicator of a group anymore.

Rao then said that politics was everywhere.

Seventeen per cent of the people of the upper caste have monopolised institutions for a very long time, wasn’t it time that social justice became a real imperative which the judges were actually arguing for?

Lochan put a point across saying that the government’s approach was that reservation was the only means of achieving social economy and justice.

So who would come to IITs and IIMs from the OBCs when they wouldn’t even get through school.

Citing Muthiala Nadu’s example again Rao said the capacities of the OBCs were not to be questioned.

If someone who has not had access to English language gets a 50 per cent marks someone who had spoken English for generations gets 80 per cent, were they to be considered equal?

Das ended the discussion by saying that the main aim of the society was to create such a environment therefore our legislators’ aim should be to improve the quality of our primary education so that every body would get a chance.

Final SMS poll results: Are OBCs the new rulers of India?

Yes – 65 per cent

No – 35 per cent

Editorial view

Politicians may call the 27% OBC quota a landmark bill but the fact is that India has the largest number of illiterates in the world. Less than 10 per cent of the college age population attends college. Less than 20 per cent of India's children finish school. The overwhelming majority of India's children will not even reach these institutes to take advantage of these quotas. To urgently increase the supply of quality education, primary education must be urgently invested in and even perhaps handed to the private sector.