On 26 May 1949, Constituent Assembly member Tajamul Hussain argued against the idea of reservation for Muslims, adding that such measures would do ‘more harm than good’.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Fast forward to 2024, not a single prominent Muslim voice spoke up in the same tone about not wanting reservation when certain state governments gifted them so. Everybody has got so greedy. We are on the wrong path with regard to reservations. Equal opportunity is being denied to a large section of population in the name of reservations. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination. Historical discrimination in communal lifestyle cannot be extended to economic domain. If this keep happening the day is not far when we will face bitterness among the sections of own citizenry which will refuse to get along for a long long time.
Fast forward to 2024, not a single prominent Muslim voice spoke up in the same tone about not wanting reservation when certain state governments gifted them so. Everybody has got so greedy. We are on the wrong path with regard to reservations. Equal opportunity is being denied to a large section of population in the name of reservations. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination. Historical discrimination in communal lifestyle cannot be extended to economic domain. If this keep happening the day is not far when we will face bitterness among the sections of own citizenry which will refuse to get along for a long long time.