Caste is the main weapon of discrimination and exploitation in our country’s society and its nature is different from other countries. Caste is not only a tool of discrimination here, but it is the bedrock of Hindu society and not only ensures but also supports the grossly unequal distribution of resources and power in society. In fact Shudra and Atishudra are not part of the Chaturvarnas of Hindu society.
The main purpose of reservation is to bring the Dalits-Tribals who have been pushed to the corners for thousands of years into the mainstream of the society, and reservation will not only empower the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, but for that many other efforts will have to be made along with reservation.
proponents of economic reservation should understand that reservation is not a poverty alleviation program which aims to remove poverty of individual or family. It is not necessary to give an example that reservation provides economic benefits to the disadvantaged castes, but social equality has to go through a long process.
while there is a need to fight to preserve the right concept of reservation, there is also a need to continuously fight against the government’s economic policy which kills the opportunities of the underprivileged through privatization. This battle for social justice will have to be fought on both fronts. Dalits, tribals and other backward classes who form a large part of the working masses will not have to give up their share in education, employment and resources, of which land is the most important.
13/12/2022
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