Saswat Panigrahi
After taking the reigns of Telangana, TRS is in a hurry to implement 12 per cent reservation for Muslims in jobs and education, a promise the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party made in its election manifesto.
After taking the reigns of Telangana, TRS is in a hurry to implement 12 per cent reservation for Muslims in jobs and education, a promise the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party made in its election manifesto.
“TRS Government will provide 12 per cent reservation to Muslims in Telangana on the lines of Tamil Nadu,” party leader and KCR’s daughter K Kavitha told a national newspaper.
Before analysing the TRS Government’s proposed reservation for Muslims, let us quickly flip through the history of communal reservation in Andhra Pradesh. It was in 2005 that YS Rajasekhara Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, sought to provide 5 per cent reservation in public employment and educational institutions. The move was however spiked by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Let’s take a look at the Tamil Nadu model of reservation, which Kavitha has all the praise for. Though Indian Constitution states that the quota limit should not exceed 50 per cent, Tamil Nadu extended the reservation limit to 69 per cent through the provisions of legislature. The law is under litigation of the Supreme Court. Both the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK bat for the dangerous quota model to cultivate their respective vote-bank.
No comments:
Post a Comment