How can you say that the Mandal Commission became a major issue in 1980 in India?
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Mandal Commission was a commission set up by the Government of India in 1979 headed by the then Member of Parliament Bhindeswari Prasad Mandal. This was set up to identify the criteria of minority castes who are in Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.
It became a debatable issue in India because of the following reasons:-
1) Thousand of job opportunities gets affected by Mandal Commission Report. So, people reacted strongly about it. There were widespread protests and counter-protests, many of which were violent.
2) Inequalities among people of different cases in India necessitated job reservation. They felt that this would give a fair opportunity to those who so far had not adequately been represented in government employment.
3) Others felt that this was unfair as it would deny equality of opportunities to those who did not belong to backward classes.
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