Friday, April 11, 2008

Reservation Road to Personal Ambition: Politicians in a Hurry



http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/OBC_quota_HRD_ministry_keen_on_swift_rollout/articleshow/2942767.cms

As expected, the Supreme Court verdict has spurred Arjun Singh to speed up work on the Bill designed to extend the quota to unaided and private institutions. The legislation was put on hold after SC had stayed reservation in the central institutions. Not that it will help him achieve his lifelong ambition of becoming the Prime Minister, with Laloo Prasad Yadav and Mayawati chasing the same dream. The damage to the country and the education system are least of his concerns right now, time being at premium for the ‘Minister in a hurry’.

The Supreme Court’s insistence on keeping the creamy layer out has not helped Lalu Prasad Yadav, RamVilas Paswan, A Ramadoss or Mayawati, as they would have liked to see a more complete destruction of higher education in the country. No half measures for these perfectionists! Not satisfied by ruining the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) by constant interference, Anbumani Ramadoss has gone beyond expressing his dismay at the Supreme Court excluding the creamy layer and has promised to keep the issue alive in Parliament until the damage is irreparable. With active support from Laloo Prasad Yadav, he is bound to achieve spectacular results, to the detriment of the nation; all in the name of a sham being passed of as ‘social justice’.

In blind pursuit of their personal ambitions, these politicians have failed to foresee the divided and caste ridden country they will pass on to the next generation. The damaging potential of Mandalisation of the country has completely escaped the imagination of politicians who refuse to see beyond their own selfish and immediate personal political ambitions.

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