I have no elections to fight, so I can tell you the facts for what they are.

[1] Reservation kills merit.

[2] There are numerous cases: where economically backward class people (eg. Farmers) sold their land to help their kids prepare for competitive exams.

[3] But, they lost that seat due to a privileged reserved kid, whose family took the reservation benefit for the 3rd time.

[4] Equality of outcomes can never be assured. That is how life is:-

• People love to ask: why are there more upper caste people in government jobs?
• It is like asking: why are there more upper caste people in IPL?

[5] Some geniuses are trying to bring reservation in private jobs. In India, good jobs are scanty to begin with.

• Impose more restrictions on job creators, they will leave India. How will they run a business if they have to hire people who can’t compete on merit to begin with?
• Politicians don’t care b/c their own kids are settled abroad.
• Their job is to appease. And, win votes. And, they are doing a commendable job on this.

[6] What needs to be assured is the equality of opportunities.

• That means good public education, health, infra — from which everyone benefits.
• It gives people a similar ground to compete.
• And, for this very purpose taxes are collected.

On one hand we have record GST collection. And, on another we have record reservation.

Does this really add-up? No.

This is 2024: no one wants to be treated as a 3rd grade citizen and face reverse discrimination in their own country.

~ Akash Shrivastava