Shameless Congress Party wants India to go back to 60s

If you have followed the acts and strategies of UPA lead Indian government over the last 2-3 years, it will not be a tough question to list at least 2-3 major decisions taken during their tenure. In fact it would be hard to find the 4^th and 5^th one. All the listed accomplishment would sorely belong to one and only one major category: RESERVATIONS.

1. Reservations of OBCs in the higher education
2. Reservations of Teachers in IITs
3. Reservations in Private sector

Congress has ruled India for the major part since independence and last time you heard about a milestone decision regarding reservations was in 1990, the Mondal Commission, again during the tenure of Congress Party. Once Congress was evicted from the ruling scene, the intermediate period of about 8 years, saw no move regarding this. This period saw the new and energetic face of India ready to make a point in the world. India achieved a significant growth in terms of various economic parameters; however the reasons of the growth would be debatable as to whether it was because of the new governance or because of the lack of congress government or just the market forces? The answer would be a no brainer to the educated lot. Congress returns back to power in 2004 once again and one of the most educated and highly qualified man with a resume of 20+ pages was appointed the Prime minister. Rest of the portfolios saw similar people assuming similar roles as in 60s, 70s and 90s and the result was an obvious one. Remaining out of powers for a significant period, Congress this time was determined to make no mistake and play the game by the old rules. The old rules that positioned them to rule independent India like British ruled the India before independence. Caste based politics being the major one; something that seemed forgotten for a while was headlines in no time, and this time with a bang. Reservations in higher educations and notably IITs and IIMs. Candidates would be admitted in the higher education based on their castes and not necessarily based on what they would do in the entrance examination. The explanation would be old enough to support the ones who belong to lower strata of the society. There are so many questions that you can ask about this strategy of helping poor and the deserved ones and one of them I would like to ask would be: Even after 60 years of independence do we really need all this? Where is the data that proves that the backward caste means backward people? (Creamy layer?)

If you think about everything honestly, you might become ready to accept the reservations of OBCs in the higher education with the institutions trying to increase number of seats so that the number of general category students admitted in a particular course is least impacted. However no explanation can convince you on the reservations of Teachers in IITs. This is one of the most shocking decisions taken ever in the history of Indian education. If the teachers are deserving ones, it is a possibility that they can still raise the standard of an below average or academically poor student, but how can the same thing happen when the teacher himself is of that type?

At a time when the government should try to make every effort to bolster the education system in the country in order to reap the benefit of development that has started to trickle down the society, they are busy playing with the root of the system itself. A sensible government should be ensuring that the new rules, infrastructure etc is making the society ready to jump on the developmental success, but on the contrary this government led by one of the most educated (claimed) man of India seems to be busy in reserving its own position for the years to come. It is a well proven fact that caste politics would secure you votes and hence possibly your next tenure. Congress knows only this way of doing politics. It knows who are its target customers and how to woe them. They have been doing this for the past 5 years and they have not bothered to do anything else. If anyone disagrees with me, please list a few good decisions they have made and that is not related to their own selfishness but to the country.

The saddest part is, once a reservation policy is passed, no other government would dare to take it back because of the obvious results. Worst is, no matter how much we cry for all this, Congress is going to remain unaffected since, the ones who are going to cry are educated enough to take part in voting system. The so called developed society of India always ridicules the voting process. Congress is making all these decisions to impact and woe the section of the society that would always vote. Isn’t this the best political strategy?

It is a shameful act on the part of honorable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be an active part of this government. The history down the line will associate all such major decisions with his name and when his 20 page CV will be mentioned the next time, it will only be mentioned sarcastically. Many youngsters, who might be taking some inspirations from such a deeply educated man, would be hit hard on their faith. If at all, Manmohan Singh lives up to the expectations of his own resume, he should have resigned much before and should not be waiting for a positive agreement on the ongoing nuclear deal.