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    Speech On Reservation

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    The document discusses reservations/affirmative action in India for backward classes, scheduled tribes, and scheduled castes. It notes that while reservations were intended to promote equality and bring deprived sections of society up to par with others, they have now become a means for political parties to gain voters and a way for communities to claim backwardness for more privileges. It argues that reservations are dividing the country, that merit is being sacrificed, and that India needs people with substance to become a superpower rather than those who are handicapped by the reservation system. The document calls for moving beyond the old habit of reservations based on caste or group and promoting unity instead of division.

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    The document discusses reservations/affirmative action in India for backward classes, scheduled tribes, and scheduled castes. It notes that while reservations were intended to promote equality and bring deprived sections of society up to par with others, they have now become a means for political parties to gain voters and a way for communities to claim backwardness for more privileges. It argues that reservations are dividing the country, that merit is being sacrificed, and that India needs people with substance to become a superpower rather than those who are handicapped by the reservation system. The document calls for moving beyond the old habit of reservations based on caste or group and promoting unity instead of division.

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    The document discusses reservations/affirmative action in India for backward classes, scheduled tribes, and scheduled castes. It notes that while reservations were intended to promote equality and bring deprived sections of society up to par with others, they have now become a means for political parties to gain voters and a way for communities to claim backwardness for more privileges. It argues that reservations are dividing the country, that merit is being sacrificed, and that India needs people with substance to become a superpower rather than those who are handicapped by the reservation system. The document calls for moving beyond the old habit of reservations based on caste or group and promoting unity instead of division.

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    Speech On Reservation

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    Juhi Jethani
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    Good Morning to one and all present here.

    I would like to thank my teacher for giving


    me the opportunity to stand in front of you all and deliver a speech today. My speech’s
    topic is Reservation to Backward Class.

    The constitution of India says all Indians are equal. Unfortunately reality is contrary to
    the same.

    Indian society is inequitable; Discrimination exists within religion, castes and sex.
    Certain sections of our society are the deprived sections, this cannot be denied by
    anyone, least by the Government, which is the Apex Body for making policies and can
    remove disparities

    At the time of Independence, the makers of the Constitution had rightly envisioned that
    the deprived section of society needed to be improved through education and
    employment opportunities.

    Reservation to the backward classes, scheduled tribes, and scheduled castes was
    essential in order to bring them at par with the others. It was an attempt to create
    equality and equity in educational, economic and social areas. However, this affirmative
    action was to be in force for only 10 to 20 years. It was an attempt to strive for an
    egalitarian society.

    Even after 65 years of independence, the minorities and the oppressed are still deprived
    because only the creamy is being benefited with reservations.

    Reservations are actually not reaching the people for whom they are really intended
    rather it has today become a slogan for the political parts to win voters from the
    backward classes/tribes. The game plan of the politicians is clearly evident in this
    ‘Quota Raj’.

    Reservation today is not just an affirmative action but has become a means for getting
    more and more benefits. As a matter of fact, the scope of reservation has enlarged to
    quite an extent. Does it mean that backwardness has increased?

    Today, it is sad to say that different religious communities are also demanding
    reservation as they want the privilege of reservation to be extended to them. As a
    matter of fact, it has triggered competition among communities for proving their
    backwardness. Reservation provides some benefits in the employment and education to
    the backward, creating vested interests. Today, many communities want to be
    considered backward rather than forward.

    Is it not injustice to give special privileges on the basis of birth? Does this not take away
    the right of a brilliant student for securing a seat in higher education and getting a job in
    the Government sector? In an equitable society rights of all citizens are protected.

    In India caste is the predominant factor used for reservation in Government jobs and in
    higher education. As a matter of fact in States like Tamilnadu, there is reservation of
    69% seats.

    Reservation on the basis of caste actually leads to exclusion. If one looks at it closely,
    other backward classes are comparable to forward classes on many parameters. They
    outshine forward castes in business ownership, rural employment, land holding and are
    wealthier than their forward counterparts. Allocating quotas or reservation is nothing but
    a form of discrimination and an election gimmick. 65 years of reservations, and India still
    harping on backwardness, clearly proves that reservation has in no way improved the
    status of the lower classes.

    ‘Meritocracy’ has been sacrificed at the altar of reservation which is very damaging,
    especially when India is moving towards becoming an economic super power, Merit is
    the only tool which can help India compete with the developed countries of the world.

    If our politicians continue to divide our country on the basis of caste, religion and
    community by offering privileges to some sections of the society then brain drain of our
    intellectuals would continue, leaving the country starved of brilliant students which are
    evident from the number of students seeking admission abroad and migrating
    permanently to other countries.

    With paucity of jobs in our country, stiff competition and reservation, the Indian youth is
    left with no option but to seek greener pastures.

    Is it not ironical that the same political parties, who blow the trumpet of reservation, do
    not prefer to be treated by doctors, coming from the backward caste and, rightly so,
    where the cut off % for a general class candidate is nothing less than above 90 – 95%.
    For a backward class, there is no lower limit. It simply depends on the number of
    reserved seats available.

    I would like to say that reservation is no solution, especially in higher education and
    professional colleges. As a matter of fact, proper facilities of education and other
    incentives should be provided at the level to school education so that the children
    coming from the backward community are able to stand on their two feet and compete
    with the others for seats in higher education.

    Reservations are like crutches which will always prove to be a handicap for the deprived
    section of the society. India does not need handicapped people to achieve its goal of
    becoming a super power but needs people with substance who can represent it on the
    global arena.

    Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today questioned affirmative action in government
    jobs and educational institutes, saying BR Ambedkar, who drafted the constitution, had
    introduced the system of reservation for a decade to bring social harmony, but the
    facility is extended every 10 years as political parties are getting benefited, which is a
    "shortcoming".

    It necessitates getting out of the old habit of reservations and particular


    privileges being given to this caste or that group,” said Jawaharlal Nehru in
    1961.

    In short, Reservation is a curse, which is dividing our country on the basis of caste,
    community and religion. We need to be united not divided for becoming a force to
    reckon with “United we stand – divided we fall”

    THANK YOU

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