General Category can’t oppose Reservations as long as Political power is in their hands.
An Ordinary Common General Category person surely opposes the reservations because they are at the disadvantage side. They can’t politically oppose since their leadership doesn’t support this.
In democracy forming a group is important and it needs a good leader to lead any agitation, A Movement to remove reservations or adding a caste to reserved category. A Leader is required to achieve this, But Leadership will not come forward.
Let us see why leadership can’t support or demand for this !!!
In Democracy, One can only rule a state or nation with the help of Multiple communities.
If we take political leadership from 1947 to 2014, All the Prime Ministers are from General Category, Nearly 67 years country is continuously ruled by General Category. Leadership is in the hands of General Category. Majority of state governments, and state parties are under the general category with few expectations here and there.
The moment a leader enters into SELF CASTE Reservations or Removal of Reservations for Other Castes demand, he will be stamped as a leader of a particular community and his image is limited to that community and he can’t be a state leader (CM) or national leader (PM). Max he can become an MLA or MP or a Minister.
Whether we like it or not, Majority Indians are Caste minded people. They vote to a person who belongs to their caste. So General Category Leaders anyhow get their own caste votes without any appeasement. Caste is more attractive than anything. To appease other communities General Political leaders are forced to encourage reservations and other freebies to get votes and finally rule the state or country.
Reserved Category Leaders are aware their limitation that they can’t be national or state leaders so they continue to do their caste based politics and are happy with MLA or MP or a Minister.
So as long as the TOP Political Leadership and majority of political parties and power is with General Category, they never get a leader to remove or work on reservations for other communities. No TOP leader would like to be stamped as a limited group representing politician. He wants multiple communities support other than his own group.
Reservations can be removed only when the political leadership is transferred from General to Backward Communities, then there is some ray of hope.
Someday If the competition is between leaders of Reserved Category for TOP posts, Then they need General category votes, So may be to attract General Category they may promise or remove reservations to become CM or PM.
Remember a General Category VP singh gave reservations to OBC with creamy layer conditions & an OBC PM Modi gave reservations to General Category (10% with creamy layer conditions).
Political Posts and Leadership decide this reservations in future. One can’t get both the benefits, Political Power and Reservations together. Only One is possible.
Castes, Reservations and Future
- Few organisations like RSS and Communists don’t believe in castes. Communism is anyhow a dying ideology. The growing Hindutva RSS may be successful in creating a casteless society and bring a common identify of HINDUness among people, then it is possible to remove this caste mindset and thereby reservations.
- Future Urbanisation also helps to get rid of castes and their problems.
- Capitalism also helps to get rid of this as it will make govt jobs and govt colleges numbers negligible and no one fights for those small numbers.
Reservations are dividing our country and I wish we get a casteless society soon and this division among Indians will go as soon as possible.
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