Should reservations be scrapped?"

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Reservation for admissions to medical and engineering institutions
lowers the standard of education. Education should be promoted solely
on the criterion of merit and nothing else. By lowering the standards of
professionals who are turned out at such institutions, we are placing
ourselves in the hands of incompetent persons, which is detrimental to
the well being of the society.
Originally, the Constitution-makers, including Dr.Ambedkar, had
maintained that reservations should be for ten years only so that others
are not deprived of equal benefits. However, even now the ruling
parties just to secure votes are extending reservations. The issue of
reservations has been totally politicised and reservations are
continued mainly to secure votes from these sections. Reserved
communities are treated as vote banks.
Well-off families from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes also get
benefits of the reservation policy, which is not fair to poor families of
unreserved segments.
Reservations go against democratic norms as they violate the principles
of equality.

 



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