Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar has agian threatened Indian business and industry to voluntarily opt for reservation or else face a legislation. "You have to do it amicably. I am the last person to do it by legislation. Please, don't force me to a situation where we have to think of legislation. I have great regard for the captains of industry and they should do it. I think they understand their moral responsibility," she said in her threatening message.
She justified her threat saying that implementing reservation for the SC/ST in the private sector was a "commitment" of the congress-led coalition government at the centre - "Commitment is to both affirmative action and reservation. Affirmative action includes reservation,". Its implementation was "not just a possibility but it is a commitment."
Concluding her threat she said that there is no way other than voluntary action on the part of industry or legislation. There is no third way.
Now the situation has come to such a sorry pass that UPA government is threatening private sector to commit suicide. And who will be benifitted by this - nears and dears of people like Meira Kumar, the creamy layer. Reservation is there for more than half a decade. If still there are people who are left then why this creamy layer should continue taking benefits of reservations. Take them out of quota list and let the real needy get the benefit.
A white paper should be brought out by UPA government giving raw data about who had been benefited so far. It should start from those who are in the government, in parliament, in state/UT legislatures, leaders of political parties and prominent SC/ST/OBC people. Indian people have a right to know whe had grabbed the benefit of resrvation and how many times and for how many generations.
3 comments:
Meira Kumar's threat to private sector is in a very bad taste. She is the daughter of Jagjiwan Ram who had a hobby to collect diamonds. I also understand that she was an IAS officer and resigned to enter politics.I am sure that she had entered IAS on the crutches of reservation. What a sad commentary on India's fight to ensure social justice? The daughter of a minister and diamond collector snatching the benefit of reservation from a real needy person. Now she is threatening the private sector. It is shameful.
The next threat from Meira Kumar is increasing SC reservation %. Her argument is that SC population has increased. I think she is wrong in her proposal and also the remedy.
In last more than 5 decades a certain % of Sc have taken benefits of reservation. Why they should continue taking these reservations? Delete this section of SC population from beneficiaries list and increased population will get these benefits without increasing the reservation %.
Creamy layer SCs should also support their community people. Why every time general category people be asked to sacrifice?
I don't understand what Meira Kumar has done except threatening the private sector as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. There are two ministries in UPA government whose ministers do not understand the purpose of being there. Meira Kumar's is one and other is HRD headed by Arjun Singh.
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