A FREIGHTENING THOUGHT : PLEASE IGNORE FOR MANIFESTO

Divide Quota ?  To rule Raj  ?

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Yesterday , Maharashtra Assembly passed ( unanimously ) a bill providing a quota of 16 % to the MARATHA community

Under a new category called , “  Socially Backwards “

That raised the total of quotas to 68 % ( including earlier 52 % okayed by the Supreme Court )

Not content with the “ Vote Gathering Impact “ of this “ Reform “ , Shri Fadnavis said :

Open to quota for backward Muslims: Devendra Fadnavis    

After Marathas, Brahmins in Maharashtra seek reservation

What with 2019 elections looming large , it is only a matter of time before,

#   Gujarat tries to be one-up and grants 20 % quota to the PATIDARs

#   Haryana betters Gujarat by allotting 25 % quota to the JATs

If the States can compete with each other for improving their respective ranks on “ Ease of doing Business “ , then why not let them compete on “ Please of getting Votes “ ?

Of course , that would mean that soon , we would have BACKWARD communities cornering 100 % quotas – leaving nothing for FORWARD communities  !

To overcome this “ Tyranny of Arithmetic “ , I suggest following “ Skullduggery of Social Statistics “

Let us introduce a NEW category with another 100 % quotas for “ FORWARD COMMUNITIES “ , under which to allot :

·      15 %  to  “  Socially Forward “ communities of   Parsis and Punjabis

·      15 %  to  “  Economically Forward “ communities of Marwaris and Gujaratis

·      15 %  to  “  Educationally Forward  “ communities of Marathis and Keralites

·      15 %  to  “  Culturally Forward “ communities of Bengalis and Biharis

·      15 %  to  “  Religiously  Forward “ communities of  Ayodhyawasis and Babri-Niwasis

·      25 %  to  “  Politically  Forward “  communities of  Kashmiris and Naxalites

Now , my above suggestion on  % age  distribution of quotas among “ FORWARD COMMUNITIES  “ category , must not make those lose hearts who are still uncovered !

Being the world-class experts at “ SOCIALLY DIVISIVE NOMENCLATURES “ , we have invented terminologies such as :

#    UMG  [ Upper  Middle  Class ]

#    LMG   [ Lower  Middle  Class ]

#    HNI  [  High Net Worth Individuals , aka “ Stinking Rich “  ]

#    BPL  [  Below Poverty Line  ]

#    EWS  [  Economically Weaker Sections  ]

#    MIG  [  Middle Income Group  ]

#    LIG   [  Low Income Group  ]

#    Creamy  Layer  …………. Etc

Given the political ingenuity of our Netas , I am certain that they will figure out dozens of methods to circumvent the Supreme Court dictate and succeed in ( may be ) granting 20 – 25 % reservation quota to any minority / majority group , bold enough to ask for it !

Why can’t we have 1600 % quotas to satisfy everyone ?

After all , it was we Indians who invented the concept of ZERO  !

So , let us add as many ZEROs as we want  !

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03  Dec  2018

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