why did dalit leaders demand for reservation
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Ever since reservations were extended to the OBCs, it has become politically impossible to withdraw them.
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Ever since reservations were extended to the OBCs, it has become politically impossible to withdraw them
Social Justice Minister Ramdas Athawale
has argued for 25% reservations to be
extended to upper castes. He has also
suggested the Supreme Court should
extend the total ceiling for reservations
from 49.5% to 75% to accommodate
upper castes. A Dalit leader’s advocacy
for upper caste reservations may appear
odd, but there is a popular Dalit rationale to Athawale’s argument that has
remained unstated: the provision of
reservations to upper castes would buttress the continuation of existing reservations for Dalits and reduce the stigma associated with reservations.
Some will suggest Athawale’s proposal dilutes the rationale for the provision of reservations since the Constitution intended reservations to be an instrument for ameliorating the effects of discrimination suffered by historically marginalised groups. The extension of reservations to upper castes, they will argue, mocks this principle. Others will point to the legal hurdles that such a move will encounter.